I thought the blogging community might have missed this piece since it was buried under a big Laci Peterson headline. From the Saturday, January 24th, 2004 San Mateo County Times "The Insider" column on page 8 as compiled by Justin Jouvenal:
"Raise Taxes, But Not on Me
Burlingame Vice Mayor Joe Galligan has floated a plan for Burlingame to begin collecting the car tax that the Governator rolled back when he took office.
What he didn't say was that in September he successfully lobbied the San Bruno City Council to lower the tax on SkyPark, an upscale SFO parking lot in which he has a financial stake.
Galligan got the parking tax slashed from 8 percent to 5.5 percent over two years, claiming the San Mateo Avenue lot would go out of business without the reduction. Galligan did not return a call for comment."
Now didn't our prior governor get recalled in large part due to just such an action regarding car taxes? Wasn't it a landslide compared to how these things normally go at the state level? Not to get too partisan about it, but isn't raising taxes something one generally associates with the Democratic party and doesn't Mr. Galligan frequently remind the community that he is a registered Republican? Does anyone know what RINO stands for? Thought you did.
Joe Baylock
"Raise Taxes, But Not on Me
Burlingame Vice Mayor Joe Galligan has floated a plan for Burlingame to begin collecting the car tax that the Governator rolled back when he took office.
What he didn't say was that in September he successfully lobbied the San Bruno City Council to lower the tax on SkyPark, an upscale SFO parking lot in which he has a financial stake.
Galligan got the parking tax slashed from 8 percent to 5.5 percent over two years, claiming the San Mateo Avenue lot would go out of business without the reduction. Galligan did not return a call for comment."
Now didn't our prior governor get recalled in large part due to just such an action regarding car taxes? Wasn't it a landslide compared to how these things normally go at the state level? Not to get too partisan about it, but isn't raising taxes something one generally associates with the Democratic party and doesn't Mr. Galligan frequently remind the community that he is a registered Republican? Does anyone know what RINO stands for? Thought you did.
Joe Baylock
- Written by Joe Baylock
How did Burlingame ever get stuck with this little Napoleon? Isn't this the same guy who has spouted off about private property rights all the time. And when a property owner does something he doesn't like, like the owner of the Fox mall deciding he will close the back door if Safeway gets built, this hypocrite calls in the law to harass him. What a joke. The only thing worse that a two-bit politician is a hypocritical two-bit politician. He should pay his taxes and leave everyone else alone.
Posted by: james | January 30, 2004 at 03:50 AM