No on Prop 15

Like a bad penny, the taxers are back with a nefarious scheme called a "split roll" meaning commercial properties will return to the bad old days before Proposition 13 in 1978 leveled the playing field for all property taxpayers.

Now the propagandists are calling to "make it fair" by raising property taxes on "only" commercial property – for now. The taxers say "evil fat cat" commercial property owners are getting away with murder.

I think the mirror reveals who the truly evil ones are. Poor managers of our hard earned and overtaxed funds spend our money like drunken sailors. $90 million here for mostly vacant and unused, not to mention dangerous, bike lanes, Billions of dollars there for a bullet train to somewhere, boondoggles, etc.

If this onerous Prop 15 should succeed in passing, we can all look forward to a blast of inflation unlike anything seen in modern times.

Does anyone at all think that the owners of these commercial properties are simply going to roll over and absorb these dramatic increases in their property taxes? Of course not, the costs will be immediately passed down to the tenants of those properties, who in turn will be raising their prices to Mr. and Ms. Consumer, you and me.

Can anyone describe an actual benefit of this Proposition 15 to the aforementioned you and me? The tax proponents have stated publicly their ultimate goal is to completely destroy and do away with the 1978 Proposition 13 that has allowed many people to stay in their homes and have a stable property tax obligation.

Please consider this when you vote on Proposition 15. The future depends on your loud vote of No!

Thomas G. Johnson