The voice of business IS being heard: The results of BizFed’s 2012 Election Poll and BizFed’s Support for Measure J are getting some media attention. Below are excerpts and links to some of last week’s key coverage of these items in our market’s media.
Media Highlights: BizFed’s Election 2012 Poll Results………
Survey: LA Businesses Have “No Appetite” for Tax Hike Measures
Los Angeles Business Journal Sept. 27, 2012 ~ Website and Afternoon Report Email Blast
L.A. County businesses oppose the three major tax measures on the statewide November ballot, according to a survey released Thursday from the Los Angeles County Business Federation, or BizFed. ….. A solid majority of respondents oppose both of the broad tax measures on the ballot. Fifty-eight percent oppose Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s temporary tax increases on high income earners and on retail sales to fund education, while 72 percent oppose Proposition 38, wealthy activist Molly Munger’s measure that would raise income taxes on most Californians, also to fund education. …“Our members clearly have no appetite for new taxes,” said BizFed Chair John Kelsall, who is also chief executive of the Greater Lakewood Chamber of Commerce.
Breaking News: Business Survey of November Election Measures
KNX 1070 Radio ~ The Business Hour with Frank Mottek Sept. 27, 2012
BizFed Founding Chair David Flemingunveils the results of BizFed’s 2012 Election Survey in an interview with Business Hour Anchor Frank Mottek. To listen to the interview, Click Here.
LA COUNTY BUSINESSES NOT YET SOLD ON NOV. 6 BALLOT …
PR Buzz Sept. 27, 2012
BizFed today released the results of its 2012 Election Poll…..On the two government reform measures, 55 percent support Proposition 31, which would set up a two-year budget cycle and enact other state government reforms. Sixty-eight percent support Proposition 32, which targets the ability of labor unions to raise funds for political campaigns through deductions from member payrolls. “Proposition 32 will level the political playing field between unions and other groups by stopping unions from extracting political contributions from their members without their consent,” said BizFed Founding Chair David Fleming, an attorney of counsel to Latham & Watkins LLP.
Media Highlights: BizFed Support for Measure J……
LA County BizFed backs Measure J to create jobs, fight gridlock
Asian Journal Sept. 27, 2012
BizFed, Los Angeles County Business Federation, announced today it is supporting Measure J on the November ballot and is working with Metro to launch a transformational LA County Transportation Roundtable directly engaging the region’s business community on critical transit needs and implementation of the measure. Measure J – an extension of the current voter-approved Measure R half-cent sales tax for transit projects across LA County – is estimated to accelerate creation of approximately 250,000 new direct, indirect and induced jobs and generate a total of $90 billion for transportation improvements. “It boils down to this: We’re not going to get any help fixing our transportation problems from the state or federal governments, both of which are sinking in their own fiscal quicksand,” said BizFed Founding Chair David Fleming. “LA County voters know we need to drive our own destiny,” Fleming said. “Measure R was the first step. Measure J is the critically needed second step.”
LA COUNTY BIZFED BACKS MEASURE J TO CREATE JOBS …
Riverside Press-Enterprise Sept. 26, 2012
BizFed,Los Angeles County Business Federation, announced today it is supportingMeasure J on the November ballot….…As an additional catalyst for driving LA County’s transit improvements under Measure J, BizFed has formed a strategic partnership with Metro for long-term direct engagement with business leaders across the county in a new Los Angeles County Transportation Roundtable. “This is not just about endorsing Measure J, but about the business community rolling up its sleeves and engaging with Metro on the hard work involved in developing sustainable solutions to LA County’s complex transportation needs,” said David Grannis, co-Vice Chair of BizFed’s Transportation Committee and Co-Founder of Point C, LLC.
METRO LIBRARY TRANSPORTATION HEADLINES – EBLAST
Sept. 28, 2012
LA County BizFed Backs Measure J To Create Jobs, Fight Gridlock
BizFed,Los Angeles County Business Federation, announced today it is supportingMeasure J on the November ballot …….Measure J also does not increase current taxes, includes a sunset-provision unlike other Metro taxes, includes components that ensure continued oversight and accountability for spending, and includes more flexibility for regions to shift funds between their own transit and highway projects.
