After paying the election costs, that number is reduced significantly. In fact, we would be asking you to approve higher property taxes to pay for the increased costs to run an election to increase your property taxes. It seems that even with lower property taxes, voters still are going to be lacking in what they really want. They want to have confidence and trust in their elected officials. They elect representatives to study budgets, to make decisions in their best interests, because in today's world, they don't have the time to do it themselves.
Voters expect elected officials to make tough decisions on their behalf.
If initiatives like 747 continue to gather support, we should just eliminate elected officials altogether because they will no longer have the tools to operate effectively. It seems to me that we have crossed over the line. It's time to look at our democratic process and pass some judgement on it. Voters want control over political decision making but don't have the time to spend studying the issues in order to make good decisions. So that takes us back to our political system that's been in place for a long time.