Posted: May 5, 2008
There are only two initiatives on the June 3, 2008 ballot, both claiming
to deal with the issue of Eminent Domain. But one of them—Prop 98—has a hidden
agenda. This measure, if passed, would abolish rent control and other renter
protection, destroy land use planning and hurt the environment by eliminating
regulations that protect our neighborhoods and our natural resources.
Wealthy
apartment and mobile home park owners are spending millions on a deceptive campaign
to pass Prop 98 for their own financial gain. They want you to believe that
this initiative is about eminent domain. But their hidden agenda is to eliminate
renter and environmental protections. PLEASE
VOTE NO ON PROP 98.
A broad coalition of senior, consumer, environmental and
labor groups, including our union, supports a different measure on the June ballot:
Prop 99—The Homeowners Protection Act. Proposition 99 will prohibit the
government from using eminent domain to take a home and transfer it to a
private developer. This measure—Prop 99—is real eminent domain reform to protect homeowners without the
hidden agenda of Prop 98. PLEASE VOTE
YES ON PROP 99.
William Wallace, Local 1245 Retirees Club, San Jose
Chapter
Jack Hill, Local 1245 Retirees
Club, San Jose Chapter