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>The valley's enthusiastic support of Proposition 13 came from economics. 

>Property taxe doubled in three years and was threatening to double again
in 
>just one year.  Many people, myself included were approaching the
threshold of 
>not being able to afford the house that you were living in.  My property
tax 
>was about to equal my federal income tax!  The state politicians would do

>nothing because it just meant gobs of new state revenue that came ther
way >with 
>no political penalty.  Property owners were not being small minded, they
were 
>evaluating a survival issue, they're own.

Yes it did, Lee. But Prop 13 was an extreme remedy, slicing away an arm to
treat an infected hangnail. Prop 13's worst effect was to place excessive
barriers in the way of future tax hikes. Howard Jarvis was a paid lobbyist
for landlord associations, not the fighter for the little homeowner he
made himself out to be. In that sense, passage of Prop 13 was
shortsighted. 

But I agree that it addressed real needs--especially among the elderly and
those on fixed incomes who stood to lose their homes in lieu of unpaid tax
assessments. Still, Prop 8 also provided tax relief, while not hobbling
government from collecting revenue in the future.

Andy Katz

-- 
Lee