Today's EV Tribune's headline is "Mesa puts property tax vote on hold." The city is looking at a $37 million (yup, that's 37 with six zeros after it) in a deficit. The city has two choices to raise the money: increase the sales tax or institute a property tax. Since all of the Mesa City Council are Republicans, you can guess what happened at their meeting last night: they couldn't decide or take responsibility for fixing the city's problems. Plastered with photos of the council members with hands over their faces, the captions are telling:
Councilman Rex Griswold said "I'd rather not give a blank check to government."
Councilman Tom Rawles said "Why should I give you another chance to steal from me?"
Mayor Keno Hawker said "I'm not comfortable with government having that kind of power."
What a bunch of cowards. Every single one of them should be impeached for dereliction of duty. Faced with a crisis, what do they do? They punt with ideological fervor.
Disgusting and shameful. Can't do what's right. They would rather tow the "government is the enemy" line of conservative Republicanism than accept reality.
Cowards. Plain and simple. They should all lose their jobs.
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