Comments on: Dublin May Levy New Tax Against Residents

By: John M. Zukoski

John M. Zukoski — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Anonymous – I believe that the Mello-Roos tax district in San Ramon only applies to the newer Windemere community. Are there any Realtors that could confirm?

Cheers, John Z.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Just read the crime report for San Ramon. It is even worse than Dublin for October. How can you claim their service is better than ours?

Their schools are better than ours, but they charge much higher property tax (0.5% higher than ours). I am all for slightly higher property tax to improve our schools, especially high school.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

If they would like to raise taxes, I propose that the City of Dublin upgrade the quality of services offered. One difference I have noticed between Dublin and the neighboring Tri-valley cities is that Dublin seems to contract out many of its services (MCE seems to be of mediocre quality). I happen to know many people in city government in the Tri-valley, and one common feature they share is that they also live in the communities in which they serve – contrast this with the City of Dublin where a much smaller percentage of city workers (and contractors)actually reside in Dublin (many prefer San Ramon or Pleasanton). Combine this with heavy reliance on subcontracting services, and the result is that our city workforce does not have stake in the community. This means that they are less likely to be passionate about serving the citizenry of Dublin, and will not care if we pay more taxes to support substandard services.

I hate to bring up something to which some readers of this blog might take offense, but if we want Dublin to elevate its status in the Tri-valley and progress beyond its image as the “stepchild” of this region, then we need to model ourselves more closely with San Ramon and Pleasanton. This means internalizing our workforce to foster community pride in the people providing our services, providing incentives for large companies that provide professional level jobs to locate in Dublin (instead of more low paying retail and restaurant jobs), and developing in the right way (essentially, more single family homes, lower density, and less apartments and condos). I believe in this community, and I think Dublin has the potential to become a great city. We just need to wake up, look around us, and see what has worked well for our neighbors.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Sorry, but what planet are they on that they think MORE taxes are good in an economic downturn? And why would you pay a company to “study” the issue. For crying out loud — will someone please teach them how to work Surveymonkey? It’s free. I can guarantee that we already know the answer to this question and it’s a waste of time to put it on the ballot. Save the trees.

Puhleez…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The reason the mayor only makes $9000 a year is because it is a part-time position and the City of Dublin doesn’t have a Mayor-Council form of government, but a Council-Manager form of government. The City Manager is hired by the council to perform many of the executive duties of the city. It’s hard to have an intelligent conversation about what will or won’t work when people don’t understand the basics of how the government works.