This is just crazy stupid.

I received the King Country Valet today asking for approval to purchase and upgrade emergency radio system for the country. It will add $0.07/$1,000 to your property tax.

Here are the things that I thought;

- King County printed and mailed tens of thousands of valets to people. How much did it cost to do that?

- It will cost me postage to send this valet back to the election office. How much money is that for everyone?

- It will tax the people who own property in King County, yet this valet is sent to everyone who lives in KC whom may just rent. Why should people who are not affected by this tax have any say about it.

- The wording is that it will add $0.07/$1,000 … If you own a house that is worth $300,000 (about the average house in KC) will cost you $27.00. That sounds a lot higher than $0.07/$1,000 …

- How much is the radio anyway?

This should be a part of on going maintenance and upgrade … they just spent everything they had and now asking people to pay for the replacement. That's just simple mismanagement.