Don't be mislead by proponents' claims that Measure W will not require new taxes. Measure W is just the first step in Irvine's plans for the Great Park they've promoted for the past year. It does more than change zoning.

Every credible expert who's examined the City of Irvine's grandiose plans for El Toro agrees building and maintaining a park will require millions of your tax dollars!

The Orange County Register called it "the Great Pork" with "gobs of taxpayer funds needed to support even the least ambitious use of the acreage." And we'll have nothing to show for it for at least 60 years - if ever.

Vote No on Measure W. The Orange County Taxpayers Association calculates a 10% countywide property tax increase to pay for Irvine's pie-in-the-sky park. Calculate your own tax hike. Need help - www.ocgreatpark.org.

Former California Auditor-General Kurt Sjoberg says,
 

"… tax increases to affected residents … would be severe - roughly $180 million to $240 million per year for 20 years."

What is the Great Park? Proponents are hiding the details. They don't want you to know how much it will cost. Even the Irvine World News says: "…county residents deserve to hear just where the money is coming from, realistically, to build and maintain a Great Park."

A majority of former Irvine City Council members rejected their own park financing plan, calling it "overly optimistic." One called it "misleading junk."

A Great Park will drain money from the County's limited budget for police, fire, and schools.

Measure W is a scheme to gain control of El Toro.

Vote No on Measure W - W for Waste!

Stop the Great Tax!

Signed

Eunice Cluck, President Irvine Taxpayers
Dana Rohrbacher, Member, United States Congress
Patsy Marshall, Mayor, City of Buena Park
Marion Knott, Businesswoman
Reed Royalty, President, Orange County Taxpayers Association