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DESCRIPTION:You're invited to a "Let's make a candidate supper party" on Thursday, 
 August 18. Supper included.\n\nAs you well know, there's a mayoral election 
 in San Francisco this fall. All the candidates (there may be one 
 libertarian exception) want to keep the abundant social services in place. 
 They all want to ensure well funded public education. They all want to help 
 out small business. Most want to help out the below median income housing 
 populace. And a few recognize that the city's pension obligations are going 
 to gobble up anywhere from 1/8th to 1/6th of city revenue over the next six 
 years (depending upon whether the city can sustain its huge tax bite, the 
 city will have a budget of between 4 and 6 billion $, and the pension 
 obligation is going to average about $700M/year). But the candidates' 
 solutions include taxing business more, a city income tax!, raising parking 
 fines, whistling in the dark.\n\nAnd meanwhile, land ownership continues on 
 its heavily subsidized way. At most, only a sixth of the value added by 
 public infrastructure (such as paved streets, MUNI, public education 
 (k-university), museums, fire protection, etc.) to land values is retrieved 
 via the land portion of the property tax. \n\nSo, a cadre of commoneers 
 have concocted a cyber-candidate for SF mayor who champions retrieving more 
 of land values for the community, and REDUCING other taxes. Real platform. 
 Real public discussion. Fictional candidate. Join us this Thursday, August 
 18, 7-9 pm as Leon Phat, fictional candidate for SF mayor comes to life 
 even more beneath your fingertips.\n\nThursday, August 18, 7-9 pm. 189 
 Ellsworth St in Bernal Heights. Supper provided.\n\nThere's already a 
 website:  http://www.LeonPhat.com  There are banners. There have been Leon 
 Phat supporters at mayoral debates, at Sunday Streets, at house parties 
 (for other candidates) posing hard questions about the subsidy of land 
 owners. Now's your opportunity to tune into the Leon Phat educational 
 campaign. \n\nHow does a Leon Phat campaign drive the other candidates in 
 to frank discussion of the effects of different types of revenue-getting 
 (taxes)? How do we keep (fund) the best of San Francisco, and 
 simultaneously address housing, wage, and environment questions?\n\nIt's 
 fun. It's definitely community engagement. It's educational for the 
 citizenry. And it could make a difference.\n\nAman U. 
 Neese\nhttp://www.LeonPhat.com\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/08/15/18687726.php
SUMMARY:Stop the subsidies to land ownership!
LOCATION:Notable House\n189 Ellsworth St.\nSan Francisco  94110
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/08/15/18687726.php
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