I want to tell you what I think Kirkland Proposition 1 is really all about.

If the voters approve the proposition, the City Council, operating as a Metropolitan Park District (MPD), has the ability to raise property taxes to an additional 75 cents per $1,000 [assessed house value] ($375 for a $500,000 home) without voter approval. In addition, only the MPD can abolish itself; the Kirkland voters have no way to get rid of the MPD.

I oppose this proposition and if you agree that this is ‘taxation without representation,’ please help in the effort to defeat Kirkland Proposition 1.

1. Forward this to your Kirkland email list.

2. Please contribute to help pay for the No Blank Check campaign. Send checks payable to ‘Preserve Park Control’, c/o 236-7th Ave. W., Kirkland 98033 or go online to ‘no-kard.org to make a contribution.

3. Add your name to the endorsers of this campaign by registering at no-kard.org.
Your contribution is an investment for all of us in preventing an increase in our property taxes of several hundred dollars a year.

No on Kirkland Proposition 1.

Santos Contreras, Kirkland