The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-08-01
False Arguments of Council
Election Committee Exposed
Palatka Heights Campaign Committee Issue Lucid
Statement of Annexation Proposition.

/. ter, sewers, lights, roads and other III.
, c;dental Improvements, approximately
$500 year for period of five year:
! $4,000. Her revenue through tax
alton, etc, for like period cannot
fairly average more than $4,000 pei
year ($10,000). Thus her yearly de-
flcit will average $500, and five
five years ($27,500 My dear neigh
bors, our share is Included in the SO
600. Where does the deficit come
from. Surely not through any reduc
ton of your taxes, for the city cannOt
arbitrarily bond us for it. We fur.
Their call your attention to our article
on taxation, etc., in The Item of re-
cent date
Furthermore: we say their stand on
the question is farcicial, when you
stop to digest the fact that we have
been advised that Palatka's clerk and
i've of her councilmen pay her no real
" tax: Hon. VIM. Hicks, Ho NH. M.
Fearnside, Hon. VIM. Cannon, Hon.
w. H. Minton and Hon. ]. M. Pounds,
My dear fellow neighbors! are we
not fair in asking that these officials
Of yours, enjoying Special Privileges
IN Palatka be called upon towards her
support, before they are permitted
10 lmportune you to go outside youI
city and drag in few honest arti-
sans for the massacre. The water
company's share will not total one
nth of the necessary amout for
progressive administration. The ar.
tlsans mite will be less. You will be
bonded, or taxed for the rest.
Regarding the sanitary condition Of
The water company's property; has
any citizen ever seen an unbiased off
clal report? Never. Such a report
would of necessity have gone to the
heights Officials, as the plant is under
their jurisdiction. But one has never
been filed with them, nor has a com
plant OF any nature ever been regis |
tered with them. Your only source
OF information has been the citv's wild
cat campaign for annexation,
Asked "why we are makign such
strenuous fight at the polls" 1t will
cost all concerned Is per cent less,
rather than to ultimately have to
Withstand heavy court and attorneys
fees.
The placing of one arc light. by
your council, within the limits of the
Heights, was duly permitted upon
Official request being made to the
Heights, by your council. But even
1T that, show US the law that allows
your council to eXpend the city funds
Tor ventures outside her limits.
referring to the plea that the city
Needs More Territory" we beg to
call attention to map of Palatka
which exhibits the fact that she has
1876 occupied blocks, against 234 alb,
5outely unoccupied ones. Where is
The need of more territory? WHY
sacrifice few honest artisans in an
1tfort to squeeze filthy lucre out of
beneficial corporation; thus inadver-
Lantly subjecting yourselves to in
'reased taxation?
An article in the Gem City Bulletin
1nder date Of July Goth, 1913, appa-
entity by the city's subcommittee
leclares that Grill, Burt and Others
we're left out as the city was not af.
er territory.
Attorney Merryday, who professed
atIerhood Of the zig-zag proposition
See our map in The Item and Thc
Times HeraldD has stated that Grill,
Burt and others. were left out to avoid
heir opposition. In consideration of
hat fact, the promoters of the pro-
ect do not understand why opposi-