Rejection of Tax Hike in Rancho Palos Verdes

Affluent/rich/well-educated/concerned/thinking residents of glorious Rancho Palos Verdes. A (bankrupt) paradise on Earth!

We are surrounded by: lovely ocean views; BMW, Mercedes, Lexus and Infiniti cars, dandy Caddys. We are swarmed over by gardeners, swimming pool maintenance people, cocktail parties and fat-cat/charming churches.

But when the city is in deep fiscal trouble:

(a) Only 25% of the eligible voters bother to vote on a tiny--and temporary--tax increase. 25%! 25%!

(b) And those 25% turn down a tiny $200 per year tax assessment increase . . . with a three-year limit to same.

We absolutely deserve our decaying streets and a required limit on city “services.”

Is it just possible that Rancho Palos Verdes, underneath it all, is really just another phony, pretty U.S. suburb . . . ?

H. E. McDONALD

Rancho Palos Verdes