DIRECT BALLOT ARGUMENT FOR MEASURE W

 ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF MEASURE W

        This election is about our Quality of Life

        A YES vote on Measure W will enhance our quality of life by designating the former El Toro Marine base for use as a nature preserve, a central park and for cultural, sports and educational uses.

          We must not allow the Orange County Board of Supervisors to diminish our quality of life by allowing a huge, costly, and unnecessary  international airport to be built at El Toro.

         Measure W will create an oasis in the heart of Orange County

         It will preserve prime land in the center of Orange County for universities, schools, museums, libraries, sports parks, botanical gardens, and a vast Central Park similar to San Diego’s Balboa Park. A

1,000 acre undeveloped nature preserve running through the park will complete ~a vast open space network and wildlife habitat stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Cleveland National Forest.

                           No new taxes

        Please read the Initiative carefully. Section Two, Paragraph D says "No New Taxes. This Initiative does not raise taxes." Interim revenues from the existing 1,000 houses, the three million square feet  of commercial buildings, arid the agricultural land will more than pay for maintenance and upkeep of the property. Excess interim revenues,  private donations, state park bond revenues, and federal park  allocations will fund park development on a pay as you go basis. Local  taxpayers face absolutely no risk by voting YES on Measure W.

                                          Stop the Airport

         The alternative, an international airport at El Toro would create  more traffic, increase air pollution, reduce property values, and drive  businesses away from Orange County.

         Measure W is about the future, about hope, about our quality of  life, and about the legacy we will leave to our children. Vote YES on  Measure W.

        Signed,

Patricia Bates, Assembly member, 73rd District

Debbie Cook, Mayor, Huntington Beach

Bill Kogerman, OC Taxpayers for Good Government

Chris Norby, Councilman, Fullerton

Allan Songstad, Chairman, El Toro Reuse Planning Authority

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