European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes february 1978 Anthony Lewis tax showdown causes paralysed anxiety1 san now californian second largest has a budget of million a property taxes provide nearly a Quarter of that 48 Btu san Diego May soon be Able to collect Only million a year from the property and its officials have no idea where they will get the Money for essential the reason for that drastic Prospect is something known As the Janals which May be the most important phenom Enon in California politics it would limit the tax levied on any piece of property to 1 percent of its Market since cities and counties now collect a 3 percent tax on mayors and managers Are in a state of what could be called paralysed the initiative will be put to the voters of California on june 6 As proposition As of it has enormous popular and its implications go beyond it can reasonably be seen As a signal a political sign from the West of Discon tent right across the country about property the discontent is in part a product of Success the amazing spread of Hometown columns comments you know is better than the evil you dont the legislature has been considering various proposals for property lax including a billion tax Relief measure pushed by the evident aim is to ease homeowners feelings and reduce support for the Jarvis but the legislators have been unable to agree on a Bill in a year of and it is not Clear whether the approaching june 6 vote will concentrate their minds enough to produce with a growing local officials Are thinking what life will be like with a sudden Cut in funds so severe that no one is sure How police or teachers or firemen would be san Cor now levies 390 million in property taxes and spends 153 million of that on under the Jarvis initiative it could collect Only 134 million less than what now goes for schools the obvious thought is that the slate would have to raise other taxes if the Jarvis initiative but Jarvis is prepared for his simple Little Initia just 389 words would also re quire a two thirds vote in both houses of the legislature to increase any other tax a Barrier that would be extremely hard to the initiative provision of californian allowing the people them selves to always carries the risk of some Farouk scheme winning on a of popular in californians have rejected several enticing tax Initia Tives in recent but this As one person put there is a real risk thai the state will go Over that id Nam Vork a ship in the United the latest Cali fornia for show million single family houses in a state of 22 million a stake in property inevitably brings with it different economic interests and inflation is another Large real estate values have been going up much faster in recent years than general Price that is Good news for the Homeowner who wants to but it is very bad news for the family that wants to stay where it is and finds the lax assessment on its House ten years the average single family Home in California had an annual property tax of tax rates have stayed steady or even gone Down since but values have risen so fast that today the lax actually paid on the average Home is the curious thing is that California income tax collections have actually gone up More than twice As because rising income has pushed taxpayers into higher but people do not seem to mind that As perhaps because income tax is withheld at the the property with its Bill to the is direct and pain the taxpayers Are How angry has just been demonstrated by Howard a 75yearold retired businessman who has campaigned for years to limit taxes and who organized this he got californians to sign petitions for a record and in a state where it is common to spend to get a proposition on the he spent just does that Tell you something Jarvis getting the Are afraid to oppose the initiative in this elec Tion though most Are in fact alarmed at its destructive most of the re publican hopefuls in the race for governor including Pete the mayor of san Diego have so far avoided a definite to the incumbent Jerry first Jarvis initiative is a yeasty element in this whole and i think i will let it lately be has sounded More the evil tin a Eudonis a Plum in of column a nth Turtora m vow of us motion m in no to to centum a w no Zmunt Olim Tun 1 i xs6 res m3kpis k oxabn6  Pill in cd mainly not giving up smoking William Buckley bureaucracy and the ardent Boss vet another of the birthday appraisals of president Carters first year in office is under Way and we leave in today Broad matters of Domestic and foreign policy in order to examine the kind of thing that has grown up under the bureaucracy Carter vowed to combat on coming into in which office he inherited an obligation to discharge the Law As enacted in title Vii of the civil rights act of As amended by the equal employment Opportunity act of which legislation seeks to protect in the private and in the Public against discrimination in during president Carters term of office the court of appeals of the District of co Lumbia found itself wrestling Over the Case of Barnes Paulette costly i which nicely illustrates a Tot of things including the Way in which our distinguished judges find themselves spending their what happened was this the Young lady was hired by a government Agency and her Boss made a pass at not merely one but a series of As he grew More his inducements evolved into either she would he would fail to Advance her in her position to a higher Grade or per haps fire she stood by her and he finally contrived to declare the position she occupied thereby tiring her through the device of eliminating the Job she she in Days gone by her weapon in court would have been very simple in threatening her in effect what her Boss did was commit a tort for which he would be criminally liable under common not the who by the Way is did what comes most Natu rally and charged that she had been discriminated against because of her the trouble with that is thai her Boss is also so along the Way she was persuaded to change her complaint and alleged Hal she was discriminated against on account of her Bui the lower court ruled against on the grounds that although to be sure she is a it was her failure to comply with her Bossy request to have sexual relations that got not the fact that she was biologically equipped to have such rela now this had the effect of raising a very Subtle Point with which a higher court did Congress intend to protect people against discrimination As women or was it thai something other than being a woman was required before a woman could object for it is one thing to say ill hire a woman As readily As a Man but if the woman i hire gets id let her on this Point the court ruled that if the Factor of gender figured in any that was Enoi h to trigger the protective but then the court came on this what if the Guy who wants the girl to have sex is also a Gay to other suppose today he propositions and tomorrow he propositions John in that Case sorry about that the girl cant com Plain under the you the Boss is equally guilty in his activity toward Guys As towards gals and How can you therefore say that he is discriminating against women i suppose the Case could be made that the by this might have a Case against the Boss who propositions a Guy More often than a Gal and is therefore discriminating against though i hasten to add the court did not make this 1 just finished saying that the Boss is Guilly of pro positioning the one judge was careful to say that the opinion which was in favor of the Appellant did not go quite thai far the court is not to be accused of sexual advances May not be intrinsically this judge and no policy can be de Rived from the equal employment Opportunity Laws to discourage i How Are we going to Breed More Little bureaucrats if the court rules Hal a he bureaucrat cannot make time with a she bureaucrat we Are concerned with social patterns that to some extent Are Normal and it is the abuse of the rather than the prac Tice that arouses what was attempted on Paulette was except for its having been conjoined with the threat to eliminate her could the judge be saying in his teamed the equal employment act of 1971 did not forbid the practice of wooing a Maiden i think i think that is the kind of thing our Laws Are forcing our courts to spend their time explaining to o a Mititeun Jur