Marti Emerald Wants Your Latte
By Rorschach _ | 01/14/09 | 09:00 AM EDT | 0 Comments
Councilwoman Emerald spent most of her campaign backing away from statements at a USD College Democrat forum about her desire to raise trash taxes in San Diego.Â
Now that she is safely elected, she can show her true colors.Â
From the LA Times yesterday, Emerald equates San Diego's financial problems to a couple of lattes per month.Â
During the recent election season, the Union-Tribune slammed Marti Emerald on three occasions over her trash-ordinance apostasy. In one piece, the editorialists referred to her as an "acerbic former TV personality."
Acerbic or not, Emerald, a former crusading consumer reporter for the ABC affiliate, was elected. Now she's on the budget committee. Estimates suggest that a mid-range trash fee would raise $37 million to $50 million a year.
"It's kind of a no-brainer," Emerald said. "Ask the average person on the street, and they have no problem with maybe a $10-a-month charge to help cover a $37-million deficit. It's a couple of lattes."
Of course, as was pointed out on the John & Ken show on KFI 640 in Los Angeles, this is the logic that liberal tax-and-spenders always use to justify their new taxes. Before you know it, they have $100b worth of lattes in Sacramento, and still want more lattes!
*Note: The radio clip rehashes the article linked to and quoted above, but the part where the rip Emerald begins at 15:50 through.Â
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