REBUTTAL TO ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF MEASURE I

Measure "I" does not have an assurance of infrastructure repairs, nor a schedule to complete them. It is a wish list on the part of the authors of the argument that these are included in the measure. What is in Measure "I" is a $571 Million Dollar gift to the City Council and Mayor to use for any item covered under the definition "infrastructure". There is no guarantee that streets, alleys, sidewalks, etc., mentioned in the "Arguments for Measure I" will be completed.

What will be repaired and when still has to be decided, not by you the taxpayer, or the signers of the arguments, but by the Mayor and City Council, the same people who brought you a $16.9 Million Dollar Deficit that is still growing.

The Citizens Oversight Board only audits the money already spent on infrastructure. The Board is powerless to determine projects and schedules. The Mayor and the City Council will still control what is to be fixed and when, if at all.

Measure "I" is a BAILOUT for the City Leaders. It gives the Mayor and City Council the message that bonds are okay, instead of, "Pay As You GO" to maintain infrastructure.

Don't indebt your children and grandchildren. VOTE NO on Measure I.

KATHY RYAN
Long Beach Taxpayers Association