Page 14 April 7, 2016 EL SEGUNDO HERALD Letters from page 6 prove otherwise. Fellhauer and Atkinson even endorsed Scott Houston for Water Board Director after he ran as a self-described Progressive (ultra-liberal) for Democratic Party County Central Committee, and after he lobbied City Council to enact Measure P (to outsource our local fire department to L.A. County) directly into law without letting us vote on it. Marie Fellhauer, Dave Atkinson, and Bill Fisher have repeatedly blamed El Segundo’s financial problems on Proposition 13 and the lower percentage of property taxes coming back to El Segundo compared to other cities. However, El Segundo has higher property values than most California cities, which helps compensate for that. Also, roughly three-fourths of the land area in El Segundo is commercial or industrial, producing significantly more tax revenue and costing significantly less for City services than residential property. Fellhauer claims she will get the state legislature to increase the percentage of property taxes coming back to El Segundo. However, she fails to identify which cities will volunteer to give up some of their percentage so El Segundo can have more. Fellhauer may be playing with fire and opening up a Pandora’s Box by encouraging the state legislature to change Proposition 13. One possible outcome might be weakening or eliminating Proposition 13 altogether and going back to the days when homeowners, especially the elderly, were taxed out of their homes by greedy tax-and-spend politicians and government employee unions. – Mike Robbins • Kings from page 5 is to change that fact with by acquiring another divisional banner at the end of this season. The Kings learned last season that the regular season does, indeed, need a good amount of focus. After missing the playoffs altogether last year, L.A. is poised and ready to go after the Cup in ‘16. An 82-game season is a long season to endure. That has shown in some of the Kings play of late where the team simply looks bored and would rather start the much more exciting playoff push. Only one week remains in this year’s regular season. You may not 24 expect much fireworks from the Kings now,Hour Service but once the puck drops in the first game Since 1990 of • this Lic # 770059 year’s • C-42 playoffs,C-36 C-34 C20 you A can certainly expect to see a Los Angeles Kings team that has been there before and knows what it will take to bring the Stanley push. “We’d like to win the division. Win the conference, if it’s possible. We want to do those things, but I do think at this point it’s more important about how you’re playing. You could be winning games, but if you’re winning the wrong way you’re not really doing yourself a favor if you think that’s the right way to play.” Despite some of the Kings recent mishaps and letdowns, the team is playing the right way and will avoid all of the drama of simply sneaking into the playoffs this year. It’s always painting fun when the Kings barely make the playoffs, enter as an 8 seed, and go on to take home the trophy. This year, however, the team is playing at a better pace, has a very solid foundation, and should find their success in a much different, and easier fashion than Kings teams of past have. The Kings have more Stanley Cup banners (2) than divisional banners hanging in the rafter at the Staples Center. 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Let’s Be Realistic Incumbent City Council candidate Marie Fellhauer said she “is fighting to get our fair share of the county property tax levy.” That may sound nice as a campaign slogan, but it has little basis in reality. She compares El Segundo and Manhattan Beach with respect to property tax revenue, but not business tax revenue. Is she willing to give up a share of El Segundo’s massive business tax revenue in exchange for a share of Manhattan Beach’s property tax revenue? Fellhauer and Dave Atkinson voted to charge El Segundo residents and non-residents fire department ambulance transport fees of $1,850 or more per transport. They had plenty of time to rescind the fees, but did not, even though residents spoke against them at City Council handyman meetings. Is it realistic to believe they might rescind these fees after they are re-BILL’S elected for another four years? Is it realistic to believe Fellhauer would have rejected the police and fire union endorsements had they decided to endorse her? Her allies and supporters, former Mayors Eric Busch, Bill Fisher, and Sandra Jacobs, all received police and fire union endorsements and campaign expenditures. The firefighters even delivered and installed their campaign signs. Fellhauer claims she’s making a sacrifice by declining City Council benefits. She said others should make the same sacrifice. However, opportunity for speculators. It would be nice if families who can’t afford $2,000,000 can continue to move here. After ten years, it is appropriate to revisit the code. My first question while serving was always, “Who does this benefit most?” The answer must always be our residents. – Jim Boulgarides Entitlement Versus Affordability There’s been frequent talk about what El Segundo residents “deserve” when it comes to funding public safety services. The discussion should really be about what we can afford. Residents got what they deserved in past budgets that funded public safety services from 2000 through 2009. Police and Fire enjoyed annual pay raises in the range of 5% to 9+% annually from 2000 through 2009. They received a public benefit of enhanced pensions that saw city costs rise by ten’s of millions of dollars over a decade. By getting what our past City Council’s felt our public safety officials were entitled to or “deserved” nearly bankrupted our city. City Hall’s past culture of entitlement nearly cost us our independent fire department and paramedic ambulance services. El Segundo had a platinum spending culture, unfortunately, our budget couldn’t sustain such entitlements or costs. That’s the hard lesson residents and elected officials must remember. The City Council has taken a lot of hits for maintaining fiscal responsibility and balanced budget accountability, resulting in a barrage of disrespect from the public safety unions displaying unprofessionalism by name calling and disrespecting HOME & APARTMENT MAINTENANCE city leadership. This must end. The new City Council must remember the lessons of the past. If Measure B passes, we must look to the future of what El Segundo can afford. What El Segundo deserves is quality public safety services, living within our means, maintaining services that are affordable, and ensuring that public safety is provided with quality equipment, resources, and training. CONTRACTOR QUALITY at Handyman Prices. We cover everything from A-Z. Bill Henrichon Cell: 310-890-7531 Office: 310-542-3470 Billshomeandaptmain@yahoo.com CA ST LIS# 786081 / Licensed & Insured – David Burns It’s interesting to read Marie Fellhauer’s election materials that arrive every few days. 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