For the life of me i can't figure out why Mr. Marclin Sampson would want to add his voice to the right wing anti tax people who are out to destroy government services. Unfortunately, the city doesn't get to decide what kind of taxes it can and cannot pass. If it were up to us, we would do an income tax, but that is not allowed for cities in California. So when the right-wing, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association wins a suit that forces the city to get a vote from the people on converting a former fee (been around since the 1960s) to a tax, we either do that or lose about $3.9 million dollars out of the city budget. Goodbye Louden Nelson Center. Goodbye swimming pool. goodbye teen center. goodbye about half of the parks and recreation staff who maintain our parks and run the free recreation programs that serve low-income kids. Mr. Marcelin-Sampsin would rather we pass a sales tax? great, but too bad we don't have the authority to do that without special state legislation. enough right-wing ideology! get real about the services the people in this town want and need to fund if they want them. Of course we would rather take the money that the feds waste on war, etc. etc. etc., but we do not have that power right now. Mr. Marcelin-Sampson can apparently afford to do without city programs, but the working people in this town cannot. We need a yes vote on Measure X or kiss city services goodbye. that is for real!