Here’s a math question: What’s 15 +13? It’s 28, of course. Unfortunately, the Santa Clara Valley Water District (near San Jose, California) didn’t check their work. They added 15 years to 2013 and got 2029, not 2028. Oops. It’s a big problem because that’s what was written in a parcel tax proposal that’s on the November ballot.
The ballot proposal is now invalid, and the deadline for making changes on ballot proposals was two weeks ago. Now the water district must file a lawsuit and hope the judge allows a change to the measure. And it’s the second error with this ballot measure–a two-word clerical error was fixed a few weeks ago.
If approved–and that’s if it appears on the ballot–the proposal would add a $54 tax to each parcel within the water district.