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The CotoBuzz Journal

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May 2007 Issue

We do not make jokes, we simply watch the LA Times, the Orange County Register and the Coto de Caza Board of directors and report the facts!

WHAT COTO DE CAZA NEEDS FROM SUPERVISOR BATES

Joseph Morabito, Former member, CZ Master Association Board of Directors

April 28, 2007

The reality is that we need just two things from Supervisor Pat Bates that should justifiably be funded by the county given the tax dollars that we pay. They are about $240,000 a year of pro-active Sheriff and/or CHP traffic patrols in Coto to deal with the speeding problem on our streets and the county should be paying for 50% of the maintenance of our Sports Park because 50% of the kids playing there come from outside Coto and therefore are not dues paying members of our Association that is currently funding 100% of the maintenance cost. This total would probably amount to about $400,000 a year of county money coming into Coto. Given that Coto residents probably pay several billion dollars in local, state and federal taxes of every variety known to man, I would think that Supervisor Bates should be able to make a case to other Supervisors to return about $400,000 to our community without having to steal from the poor in Orange County in a way that is not justified.

We don’t need a study paid for by tax payer (editors note: The CZ Master Association headed by Robert Varo has been pursuing turning Coto de Caza into a City - this study is just plain propaganda to convince residents that City is good) and CZ dues money to tell us that we pay a lot in taxes. We write the checks and are fully aware of the money we pay in taxes. What we need is for Supervisor Bates to put the votes together to fund these particular items. Both county expenditures are justified specific to public safety and fairness since essentially our Sports Park is open to the public, so I would think Supervisor Bates should have no problem convincing other Supervisors that we should be getting this small slice of the pie given what we pay in taxes. If the Supervisor can’t make this happen, then she is of no particular value to Coto voters and we are back to the same old, same old that we had under blow dried Tom Wilson. Joe Morabito