Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-10
How to Solve
Power Problem
Vote Against Bonds
Get LOU TaxeS-Rdtes

Mr.. Voter, if you want a peace
full ending of the power fight.
read the following:
On Wednesday you will go to
the polls and decide whether or
not to start another series of
heavy bond issues for the politi-
clans, on top of those issues all
ready imposed and on which you
have been unable to meet the in
terest.
You should know that your first
bonds of $4,000, 900 have been 're-
funded" to the extent that now.
according to the California Tax
payers Association, more than $16,-
100000 was added to the original
interest, making more than $685.
100000 interest in all to oe paid,
and total of more than $4,000
600 in principal and interest.
When these same optimistic poll
iticians began to talk about going
into the power business, they esti-
mated they would want more than
SIS 100000. They must have heard
some rumblings, because they cut
their requests from time to time.
until now they are asking for q
mere pittance of $2,l18.000, in two
small bond issues. When will
they ask for the remainder of the
100000 on top of the bonds
you can't pay now?
You have been long suffering.
The politicians must think you
like to go in 6ebt and vote bonds
for they wouldn't even give you
chance to have a government re-
port made on cooperative power
plan, which would have made 1t
unnecessary to vote any more
bonds, would have taken care of
$50 of the present District debts
of more than $42000,000, would
have paid for four power plants
on the All American Canal instead
of one, paid for its operation, would
have meant the cleaning up of the
entire All American Canal debt, the
sale of all the power at a profit.
Fortunately, however, you can
vote for that plan by voting mo-
on the bond issues (called con-
tracts" by the politicians) on We'd
nesday. You will then be able to
accept the cooperative power plan,
which A. B. West, President Of
Nev-Cal announces his corporation
considers a binding contract, IL
accepted. Then there will be no
more power fight and you will
make money. You will protect your
homes, farms and shops from the
danger of high power rates that
would otherwise be necessary to
meet the cost of a political power
business, run in competition with
the power company in battle for
| the very existence of two power
systems.
If you vote NO, you will serve
notice on the politicians that you
are for business methods in Dis
trict affairs, instead of political
methods that you want the credit
of the valley restored, debts reduc-
ed and taxes brought down to a
level that will not confiscate your
farms and homes.
If you vote mo" next Wednes-
| day, you Will make 1t possible for
the poor people of the Valley to
purchase their electrical appliances
on the easy monthly payment plan,
which the politicians attempted to
prevent by introducing a bill at
Sacramento this year, to make
such purchases illegal. Even the
Sacramento politicians wouldn't
stand for that
If you vote mo" on Wednesday,
you will prevent the politicians who
have made financial failure of
their own business of serving wa
ter, and at which they are suppos-
ed to be experts, from getting their
hands on some more of your fu-
ture business of handling All AM
erican canal power and for which
! they have had no training, and
most certainly would wreck.