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LWV League of Women Voters of California
Santa Clara County, CA November 4, 2003 Election
Smart Voter Political Philosophy for Ronald Patrick "Ron" Swegles

Candidate for
Council Member; City of Sunnyvale; Seat 6

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Lets look at finding ways to increase our revenues. Some ways of doing that would be:

  • Charging a tournament fee at our golf course to any new tournaments. No change in fees to any Sunnyvale tournaments or Sunnyvale Clubs.

  • Look at keeping Golf Fees for Residents lower than Golf Fees for Non-Residents. We have more Non-Residents playing our course so this would also increase revenues.

  • Doing a slight increase of park fees at Baylands Park. This increase could help with the upkeep of the Park.

  • Increasing business license fees. Sitting down with our businesses to find a tax that would work for them. Even a small increase could be used to help our budget.

  • Working with owners of Motels and Hotels to find a transit tax that they can live with or making it a sliding scale so they will not be paying a high fee during difficult times.

These are just a few areas that we might want to look at. We also need to recheck the budget to see if other areas can be explored. We have a reserve that can also help us through these tough times.

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