S.T.O.P. Team,

The Sales Tax Increase is now officially called “Measure P” and will appear on the November 6th ballot misleadingly titled as “Laguna Beach Utility Under-grounding and Fire Safety Measure.”

S.T.O.P. is ramping up to defeat Measure P as an unnecessary tax increase, the second in two years. We should PAY AS WE GO, let neighborhoods underground their own utilities at their own expense, and budget to underground utilities on Laguna Canyon Road, if desired for aesthetics, with our budget surpluses. We don’t buy the city’s “fear and fire” campaign. It’s fearmongering, and its false.

A broad spectrum of community groups oppose Measure P, including the Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Orange County Taxpayers Association, both of which signed on to S.T.O.P’s ballot Opposition Argument.

WE NEED YOUR HELP to get the message our and educate your neighbors and friends to VOTE NO. Here’s how you can help:

1. YARD SIGNS. “NO ON MEASURE P” yard signs will be available on Friday. Place them in your front yards or local businesses. Please contact us if you would like a yard sign. You can pick them up on Friday or email us and we will drop them off at your home.
2. VOLUNTEER. We need volunteers to hand out literature around town, in your neighborhoods and at local events. Please contact us if can help out. We have the literature and hand outs.
3. MAKE A DONATION. This is a grass roots efforts, and we need your help to offset costs for yard signs, fliers, mailers, postage and promotion materials to get the word out to VOTE NO on Measure P. You can mail a check to Stop Taxing Our Property to 2599 Glenneyre Street, LB 92651 or go to the STOP website atwww.stoptaxingourproperty.com and use the PayPal button to make a donation. Every little bit helps!
4. DON’T VOTE FOR CANDIDATES THAT WANT TO TAX YOU! DON’T VOTE FOR Incumbents Toni Iseman, Rob Zur Schmeide, insider Sue Kempf, or Sue Marie Connelly. They all want to tax you, and put our city in its greatest debt ever by approving a $135 Million dollar bond.
   

   Stop Taxing Our Property www.stoptaxingourproperty.com