Comments on: 9/19/2006 Primary – Redmond, King County, Washington http://www.goland.org/20060916KingCountyRedmondPrimary/ Technology, Politics, Food, Finance, etc. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:37:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: informed voter http://www.goland.org/20060916KingCountyRedmondPrimary/comment-page-1/#comment-21639 informed voter Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:43:24 +0000 #comment-21639 The question of voter approval "special property taxes" to fund AFIS for 2007 - 2012 is unbelievable. Has everybody been asleep? Property value has grown by leaps and bounds: results = Higher Property Taxes are already here through this new valuation. If the elected officials cannot come up with a new budget which covers fingerprinting and related costs with all of this "additional Tax $$$$" then we need to find new elected officials. Come on guys, this is a no brainer. The question of voter approval “special property taxes” to fund AFIS for 2007 – 2012 is unbelievable. Has everybody been asleep? Property value has grown by leaps and bounds: results = Higher Property Taxes are already here through this new valuation. If the elected officials cannot come up with a new budget which covers fingerprinting and related costs with all of this “additional Tax $$$$” then we need to find new elected officials. Come on guys, this is a no brainer.

]]> By: Yaron Goland http://www.goland.org/20060916KingCountyRedmondPrimary/comment-page-1/#comment-20788 Yaron Goland Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:20:46 +0000 #comment-20788 Interesting... I tried to search for them and found absolutely nothing. No PAC listing, no contribution listing, nothing. But with $100,000,000 in estimated spending on AFIS between 2007-2012 (http://www.metrokc.gov/sheriff/_downloads/partners/AFISreport.pdf) I'm guessing there are large numbers of people who are well motivated to get out the message to vote on Prop 1. Interesting… I tried to search for them and found absolutely nothing. No PAC listing, no contribution listing, nothing. But with $100,000,000 in estimated spending on AFIS between 2007-2012 (http://www.metrokc.gov/sheriff/_downloads/partners/AFISreport.pdf) I’m guessing there are large numbers of people who are well motivated to get out the message to vote on Prop 1.

]]> By: Jim http://www.goland.org/20060916KingCountyRedmondPrimary/comment-page-1/#comment-20785 Jim Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:51:26 +0000 #comment-20785 Interestingly, I received a mailing from “AFIS Yes!” today, apparently paid for by a group called the AFIS Renewal Campaign. With a P.O. Box listing in Seattle, I found little to no information about this group on either the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission site or King County Elections. I don't recall receiving campaign materials to renew the AFIS levy in previous election cycles – it would be interesting to know who is funding the AFIS Renewal Campaign, why, and how much is being contributed. Interestingly, I received a mailing from “AFIS Yes!” today, apparently paid for by a group called the AFIS Renewal Campaign. With a P.O. Box listing in Seattle, I found little to no information about this group on either the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission site or King County Elections.

I don’t recall receiving campaign materials to renew the AFIS levy in previous election cycles – it would be interesting to know who is funding the AFIS Renewal Campaign, why, and how much is being contributed.

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