Double Taxation Stop The Tolls of Our Already Funded Roads and Bridges

It appears that the only real thing that politicians accomplish today it to add or increase taxes. What has happened to accountability and honor?

Well here is another way that our failing politicians have generated to get into our pockets!

This article is posted at http://notolls.com/ and everyone should take an active part in stopping the nonsense taxation.

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The Straight Scoop

What’s going on here?

Why would a city council go to such extremes to silence opposition to the most expensive project in the history of Southern Washington? Could it be to avoid the scrutiny that would expose a Bait-and-Switch scheme?

What is Bait-and-Switch?

“Never waste a crisis. It provides the opportunity for a Bait-and-Switch scheme.” In government, Bait-and-Switch is a deceptive tactic that lures taxpayers with a problem (the Crisis), offers them a solution (the Bait), but sells them an inappropriate, unrelated, or exaggerated solution (the Switch).

The cat is out of the bag.

The crisis is traffic congestion in Portland Oregon from the I-5 Columbia River Bridge to at least 5 miles south. The bait is a new bridge. But rather than widening the freeways in Portland to relieve that congestion, those Portland bottlenecks will remain. The switch is a massive bloated multi-billion dollar unrelated project that extends miles north in Washington that does nothing to solve Portland traffic congestion. The project turns existing Washington freeways into toll roads even if drivers don’t cross the bridge into Oregon. Although voters defeated light rail by a large margin and voters are prevented from having an election to defeat it again, these politicians are determined to force light rail into the heart of Vancouver.
Without neighborly citizen participation, projects like this will continue to be hijacked.  The main goal will be to fleece citizens and enrich the firms offering study, engineering and construction services even if they are too burdensome for a community to bear.  The CRC track record provides plenty of proof of that.  Washington citizens are outraged as they awaken to the Bait-and-Switch scheme of incumbents that rule as dictators over their subjects.

What are the telltale signs of a Bait-and-Switch scheme?

In government, Bait-and-Switch schemes are often not uncovered until irreversible damage has been done and taxpayers have suffered a massive loss. Symptoms include:

• Unusual measures to silence dissent
• Suppression of factual information
• Aversion to open debate
• Double standards for supporters and dissenters
• Citizen communications rules increasingly restrictive
• Attacking the messengers rather than their message
• Officials elected under false pretenses
• Blatant broken promises, violated trusts
• Conflicts of interest
• Campaigns funded by firms that will profit from the project
• Excessive sums paid to proponents for unproductive studies
• Passing the buck to avoid responsibility
• Maximizing the size and scope of the project
• Understating the ultimate cost
• Overstating the promised benefits
• Controlled by political appointees rather than appropriate agencies
• An obvious disconnect between the Bait and the Switch
• Officials adamantly clinging to obviously illogical positions
• Disorder, chaos, confusion, disenfranchised citizens
• Lack of detailed financial reports
• Incurring excessive debt despite strained resources
• Pushing ahead despite strong opposition
• Haste, rushing ahead despite poor timing

Using People:

Perpetrators often use innocent people who unknowingly promote the Bait-and-Switch scheme because they genuinely want to fix the original problem. They fail to recognize the deception that substitutes a false or disproportionate project designed to cheat them out of their hard earned money. Too late, they discover that the inappropriate solution is far worse than the original problem. Stay tuned as we reveal the evidence that clearly correlates with each symptom.

Where is Jeanne Harris now?

After the city voted to close fire station #6 and layoff fire fighters due to lack of funds, council member Jeanne Harris is now on an all expenses paid $19,000 4 week tour of Europe as an ambassador of our city.  This is city business, while the biggest project in our history is not?  Should this city council be traveling the world as a role model?

What actions do we take?

Now that we are awake and see what is going on, we are going to vote every incumbent out of office that has treated citizens with such contempt. That includes the county commissioner, city council, and state office incumbents that have played the Bait-and-Switch game. We are electing servant leaders in their place. We do our duty. Can you volunteer to help take back our city and our county? Gavel down!

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Stop the double taxation and thievery that is going on. No tolls on our highways and bridges!

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