Traffic initiative deserves to go down in flames

We've come together as present and former leaders in Thousand Oaks to ask you to oppose Measure B when it comes to the ballot in June.

As with many initiatives that hit the ballot these days, Measure B sounds as if it's about one thing that will appeal to voters: decreasing traffic.

But don't be deceived by this audacious deceit.

Measure B, also known as the "Do-it Center Initiative," will not decrease traffic. In fact, it might make traffic worse.

The Do-it Center Initiative is about the unfair strangling of business competition. It's likely to cause an increase in taxes.

It would hurt the community's healthcare system, damage its public safety and strangle our parks.

The owners of the Do-it Center have paid for every dime of the effort to put this initiative on the ballot. This large competitor is using the initiative process to prevent a competitor from moving into a nearby site that's been vacant for (several years).

There's only one reason the Do-it Center is paying for this initiative. It wants to reduce competition.

An independent analysis done for the city concluded the Do-it Center Initiative would hurt nearly every important aspect of life in Thousand Oaks.

The analysis said the Do-it Center Initiative will require new taxes just to pay for existing services and strip $8.9 million annually from the city, local schools, parks and other agencies.

Vote no on the Do-it Center Initiative. It would harm our quality of life in Thousand Oaks.
Grant R. Brimhall, city manager emeritus

Frances Prince, former mayor of T.O.

Jere Robings, former executive director, Ventura County Taxpayers Association

Dorothy Beaubien
President, Conejo Valley Unified School District Board of Education

John Dokken, former chair, Thousand Oaks-Westlake Chamber of Commerce