I guess if there’s a budget shortfall, the only right thing to do is take away the people’s right to decide how to handle it.

Blumer called the 2.5 percent limit on yearly property tax hikes *artificial*, and said Proposition 2 1/2 is a relic of a bygone era of fewer public school students and burgeoning commercial tax bases.

Listen up Mr. Blumer… my property taxes went up ***30%*** this past year because of prop 2 1/2 overrides. If I don’t have a say in this in the future, and the town is free to raise the taxes at whatever rate it sees fit to, I may be forced to move out of a house I love and a town I love!

***TAXES ARE NOT THE ANSWER***

And if that isn’t enough, this just adds insult to injury:

The House convenes this morning to debate how to spend the $1.065 billion contained in last week’s tax-hike package.

I thought the whole point of the (unnecessary) tax hike was to make up for budget shortfalls, ***not to fund new spending!***. This is really starting to piss me off!

It’s really Star Wars this time out!

I’ll give you the short version first, completely spoiler-free: I think it’s a great STAR WARS movie, a hell of a good ride, and well worth your time. See it in a digital house if at all possible. And, yes, it’s true… Yoda owns your weak ass.

OK… ya got me. I guess I’ll have to give it a try. Please, oh please, don’t let it be another [[Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace]]!!!!