There's still time to vote...

Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the deadline to turn in ballots for Measure 02-54, the cell phone tax. It's obviously too late to mail in your ballot, but you have until 8 p.m. to drop them off. Drop boxes are located at the courthouse, the library, LBCC and the Wells Fargo branch at Winco, near the Pizza Hut. Turnout is currently looking low, with only a third of registered voters turning in ballots to date.

Large telecommunications companies donated $100,000 to the anti-tax group in town, compared to the paltry $8,000 or so raised by the pro-tax folks. The disparity wouldn't bother me so much, except that the $100,000 paid for a campaign of outright lies. Every single mailing we have received (and we have received several) has included the claim that internet services will be taxed (not true) and that the 5% tax will be added to our residential land line service (also not true).

If you don't think the tax is right or fair, then by all means, vote against it. But at the very least, know what it is you're voting against.