Enough already. It's already too expensive here. Time to rein in the current labor, benefits and pension expenses. It seems that once someone gets a local government job or position there's very little oversight. They become jobs for life protected by overzealous unions and power hungry administrators who have little concern for the residents they are supposed to be serving and protecting. Bring the labor issue under control and we'll have plenty of dollars for potholes etc without raising taxes and maybe even lower them. Time to stop feeding the voracious local gov't appetite.

Another half cent tax for pot holes? We pay at the pump and some of the general budget must be allocated to road maintenance and we pay in other areas for our roads but still they seem to be in terrible shape. I'm certainly will to pay but i'll be relieved to see something being done in the area for which the money is actually being collected.

Yet another tax that promises better results! Our officials seem to believe that there is an endless ability to "dig deeper" to fund something that is either already funded, or should be paid by its actual usage.

If this tax is to subsidize Caltrans &/or Caltrain even further, we should have the riders pay for the service. Having been to many County meetings, I believe that we could easily pay for all the services that we need by having less highly paid consultants & Gov't Bureaucrats and very costly retirement plans for Gov't workers.

Please say no to more taxes - it is the only way to stop Bureaucratic waste!

COMPLETE BS:

'Taxes and fees related to road maintenance have not gone up for more than 20 years'

When the economy expands, a sales tax passed 20 years ago generates HIGHER taxes. Only the tax RATE remains constant.

Politicians are so poor at math that it is amazing they can claim they got a college education.

Enough already - every time you turn around some agency is asking for an increase to pay for something such as fixing pot holes. Didn't I just read a story that CalTrain and/or SamTrans are cutting some of their services and now they want an increase to fund what?

NO - enough already. Government needs to learn how to budget for improvement projects now just stick out their hand every time they want to pay for something. Sacramento added a tax several years ago to fix roads. Not sure where that money went (?!) and now they are raising our gas tax again come November to fix the potholes despite assurances that this time it will actually go to fix them.

It's like the frog and the frying pan -- if you turn up the heat slowly, the frog really won't feel it's getting baked.

Don't forget that a sales tax is regressive and it disproportionately impacts the poorest in our communities:

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I believe that Menlo Park Fire was able to rebuild and modernize some of its fire stations without asking residents for a subsidy. This is a good example of well managed and planned for projects.

Yes to building infrastructure.

Let the Supes know that they should not waste taxpayers money by holding an election which is doomed to fail.

Make sure you let the Supervisors know. Tell them DO NOT Place this on the ballot.

If it get on the ballot it passes with their Organized Voters.

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Yeah. Let our county grind to a halt with all this new construction and the homes and jobs it will provide.

The traffic!

Don't listen to the stay-at-homes and retirees posting above. Guessing none are under 45.

Build America - make America great again.

Lets not forget History, This is how Measure A passed in the first place.

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An inconvenient truth about San Mateo County’s “structural deficit” is that ... there isn’t one!

The Board of Supervisors did not publicize the true condition of its finances as of the time tax Measures T, U, X, and A were voted on in 2012. In plain english they lied to the public to get measure A passed.

They also arranged for Seton Medical Center to fund and staff the Yes on A campaign.Look up how much Seton got in return for their investment.

I'm under 45, I believe and infrastructure and I have a family. But I'm also a realist and recognize that almost every government entity has its hand out wanting more. Schools leverage "it's for our students"; Sacramento wants to fix our potholes (again); we need to subsidize something.

I make a decent salary. But in addition to sending my kids to school, I have to subsidize the school foundation which financially supports the schools, and on it goes.

Now, the Supervisors want to yet again subsidize another project. What are my taxes paying for already and why wasn't this planned for in the budget.

Government needs to realize that residents have limited resources and income, and while they may have useful ideas, taxes aren't the only way to pay for these projects. Get a clue and plan for these projects -- it's called strategic planning.

I'm voting NO.

I'm voting yea. And I'm over 45.

I'm voting NO, and I'm over 45.

The Supervisors should give matching funds of $650,000 to the Unorganized residents who will be paying this tax.

Samtrans is investing $300,000 and the Supervisors just approved $350,000 for Education Campaign, all of this money is Taxpayer Money.

Jim Hartnett and Rosanne Foust with $650,000

Lets level the playing field

Taxpayer money used against Taxpayers

SamTrans has hired two consulting firms to help with outreach and creating a technical as well as stakeholder working groups leading up to the November 2018 election.

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