To the Menlo Park City Council:
 
I reluctantly voted for the utility tax because it appeared that Menlo
Park would lose vital services.
 
Now it appears that there may be no deficit at all, or if there is one,
its amount is unknown. Therefore the tax may be unnecessary, or at
least needs to be considered carefully to see at what rate it should be
levied.
 
The new City Council members ran on a program of an open council, with
the promise of no hurried decision-making without appropriate
discussion. Despite these assurances the utility tax at the maximum
rate allowable has very quickly been put into effect. I suggest that
the tax be re-evaluated after more information is available about the
mystifying on again-off again deficit.
 
Pat Kepler
 
 
 
      
Received on Thu Jan 25 01:22:28 2007