I'm mad as hell
by Howard Jarvis · first published 1979
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Here we go again on Prop 13. If you lived through the madness, you would understand. (I can guarantee you were born after, I'm Mad as Hell!, by Howard Jarvis. Every year taxes went up. Every year politicians squandered away that money on pet projects. Middle class residents feared tax day. I saw my dad cry once, and yes it was when…
on “Court rules California's Prop. 22 on Uber, Lyft drivers unconstitutional” ↗…were shattered when I tried. The kind lady at the planning department, said I'll take your money for the variance, but honestly-- they never approve. When I was a kid Howard Jarvis wrote a book, called I'm Mad as Hell. My father was a new journeyman electrician, and when my father would look at that property tax bill yearly. My father was beyond disgusted looking at those rising numbers. Every year they took money,…
on “Without affordable housing, Vancouver risks becoming an economic ghost town” ↗…to remember pre-prop 13, but waste was so much. Every year, no matter how much they took in in taxes, it was spent the following year, according to my father. (That's why Jarvis wrote a book called, I'm Mad as Hell. I have an autographed copy someone threw away.) During the drought in the 70's ranchers were trucked in water, as a political favor. (I actually don't mind this one). Politicians were bought off legally…
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