Alameda Grassroots Team rages against the TAX machine

Alameda County Property Rights Task Force Team DEFEAT   Alameda County Measure B1 (Transportation Tax)    EVIL SPAWN OF   ONE BAY AREA    Volunteer Grassroots Team Rages against the machine--and WINS     Alameda County Measure B1-additional sales tax for transportation-was put on the ballot by the Alameda County Tranportation Commission (ACTC).  Most times, there is no argument presented on the ballot for these types of propositions and they usually pass.  ACTC  expected no opposition and thought it would pass easily.  Several people on our property rights team were paying attention.   They wrote the "NO" argument and submitted it under CAPRs name just before the deadline.  The transportation guys panicked because they had not written anything up justifying "YES".  Someone in the county tipped them off to our "NO" and they frantically put in the "YES" argument.  ACTC, builders, developers, contractors, architects, engineers and labor groups funded the 'yes on b1' campaign to the tune of over $600,000 this year (your TAX $ at work).  They lost by a narrow margin.   The areas where we were active, Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin were solidly in the "NO" column.  Since they lost, they asked for a recount. Here is a link to the article about the results of the vote    We defeated the recount after just one day. Read about it here   Major Point:  Individuals  on a grassroots organized team with NO MONEY can make a difference.   KUDOS all around especially to:    Pat and Judy for catching the ballot measure and recommending we write the "NO" Chris Pareja and Al Phillips for signing the "NO" argument along with SFBay CAPR Russ for making signs to put out on the street Everyone who distributed flyers and spoke to friends and neighbors Susan Morse and her Election Integrity Project Team for preparing us Sue Caro and her team for helping man the recount on our side Frank Lee and Pacific Justice Institute for supporting our efforts    Chris Pareja did an excellent job of being our spokesman in the recount and giving some great interviews to the media.    If we can do it, others can do it.      This is one small step for the taxpayers of Alameda County One giant leap for LIBERTY