Show a Ait A II I 1 9 Iw B. Huberts P irM-l 1 Q 1 I I I 1 IO Something of tiie spirit that lea to the signing of our Declaration of In- dependence years ago was evident in the passage of Proposition 13 in California last Surely the people who voted to slash property taxes by more than half were exercising their right according to that great which whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends and the of it the Right of the People to alter or to abolish According to the testimony of many property excessive taxes were about to cause them to lose hom their of Happiness so they sought to alter their govern- ment by cutting billion from its the alteration was but perhaps it took something drastic to arouse the what the people hope the government will do is cut wasteful eliminate unnecessary programs and reduce inflated staffs and work stop giving raises to bureaucrats who are already being paid more than their reduce the num IS 1 and ea v e gr an 50 lot cent more revenue image t til Sever with punitive measures than economy- Being the officials might resent what consider to be irresponsible conduct by the voters and decide to make er the consequences of their action- Evidence that this be happening can be seen in Uie immediate reaction rf officials in nearly every city and School boards tave teachers and cancelled City councils have reduced and maintenance doubled tor municipal closed park and and budgets for hospitals and emergency Throughout the public employees have been laid off in droves while their administrative tasks have gone Unless cooler heads there could be a general break- down of essential services in California this reminded an incident in 1773 J lint J fa g to te They we for lash act both 1 and In c f to Massachusetts The British officials however were loo wrecking their vengeance upon the upstart colonists to notice the ground swell of when they sent troops to be quartered in there was a clash of arms at Lexington and The American Revolution J he who from history Is to repeat If California officials repeat the the they the ve stirred P e k they Can M but their The will strive to cooperate with them In working out a reduction in spending that will not endanger but enhance the people's Liberty and of Hap- When the California voters passed Proposition they dumped the tea overboard not only for themselves but for a hundred million others who are concerned about excessive I hope Gov Brown keeps this in mind as he and hi staff gather up the pieces financial How well he treat the people during this emergency can tell us a lot about his chance for President ln |