[FRIAM] Whew!

[Marcus Daniels]

It seems to me that Santa Fe is sort of a spectator to the country.  Many of the residents are retired.  Other residents work for the military/industrial complex or tourism industries and are detached the poverty of the state.

I think these kinds of unsustainable, desperation revenue measures are part of a process of collapsing the low population, low cooperation parts of the country and increasing the power of the cities.   What are people thinking anyway, raising a kid out here in the middle of nowhere?

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Anyone like to bet that we will now address these issues "rationally" so that there will be either funding for Pre-K or disincentives for sugary drinks? I will take the opposite side of that bet.

We now see the power of those corporate interests who will provide the millions of dollars needed to defeat any tax proposal that might hurt them. Some how I do not expect them to be funding Pre-K education by any means. Also any new proposal to tax sugary drinks will prompt their money to be put into opposition. Further note what our Governor said in response to yesterday's defeat about the public  mood to increase taxes.

Yes, elitists may well think that Pre-K dominates cheap soda. And, yes, elitists don't drink Coca-Cola and instead like Perrier water. So District votes hardly surprising.

Duncan



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On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net<mailto:owen at backspaces.net>> wrote:
Oh, and Elitism? Culturalism?

Well the south side districts overwhelmly trounced it: 69% & 73% Even the most liberal districts were 50-50.

   -- Owen

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 9:45 AM, Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net<mailto:owen at backspaces.net>> wrote:
Voters smack down mayor’s beverage tax proposal

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/voters-smack-down-mayor-s-beverage-tax-proposal/article_3971faf0-2f9c-11e7-8374-532a52cd354f.html

Now maybe we can focus on health, pre-K, etc rationally rather than tying them together idiotically.

Quote:
Opponents resisted the proposed tax as an unfair overreach by city leaders and not the best way to fulfill a recognized need for expanding access to preschool programs.

Amen!

   -- Owen!


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