7th Annual Playground Burn — RSVP Now Open, Location TBA (Not Our Neighborhood)
CSTACE's beloved annual tradition returns. This year's playground will be selected from a community where no board members reside. The event includes a ceremonial match-lighting by Board President MeMe Grimsworth , a firefighting response funded by the one tax we actually support, and architectural renderings of the luxury senior living facility that will replace the playground. "The Sensible Pines — 24 units, starting at $1.4M, zero playgrounds, zero children."
Read More & RSVPBoard President MeMe Grimsworth Proposes "Tax Zombie Apocalypse" Rebrand
CSTACE Board President MeMe Grimsworth has proposed rebranding the TAX TSUNAMI campaign as the TAX ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, citing superior fear potential. "Zombies are relentless. They don't negotiate. That's what school tax renewals are like," Grimsworth explained. The board voted 6-0 to explore the rebrand at a cost of $85,000 — roughly the salary of one art teacher.
Read MoreEnergy Company CEO Gets $568K Salary — No Comment From CSTACE
MCE approved a $36,000 raise for its CEO, bringing her salary to $568,828. CSTACE's all-white, all-wealthy, all-Republican board had no comment. Our Sensible Tax Criteria do not apply to executive compensation — only to children learning to read. A CEO earning over half a million is "the cost of doing business." A teacher earning $62,000 is "living high on the taxpayer's dime."
Read MoreCSTACE-Led Campaign Defeats Elementary School Tax Using Fear-Based Messaging
Ross Valley School District Measure E failed after CSTACE deployed its full fear tactics playbook: the SNEAK-E TAX branding, alarming text messages, digital ads, and a campaign website designed to maximize outrage while minimizing context. The actual cost? $4.56/day for a median home. How we presented it? A TAX TSUNAMI with a 62% INCREASE — a figure that only applies to the wealthiest homeowners with the largest properties. But we put it on every mailer and let families in modest homes think it applied to them too. The children lost. Our property values remain intact.
Read More$1.04 Billion High School Bond Defeated — Our Biggest Number Yet
We defeated the Tam Union High School District bond by repeating $1.04 BILLION in every communication. We did not mention the per-property annual cost because smaller numbers generate less fear. The students remain in 1960s-era buildings, which our board — who attended private school — consider perfectly adequate.
Read MoreTax Tsunami 2026: Schools Want Money Again
Multiple districts are considering 2026 tax measures. CSTACE has preemptively declared all unacceptable. The TAX TSUNAMI branding will continue until the zombie rebrand is fully funded. MeMe Grimsworth has expressed enthusiasm for combining both: "What if the tsunami carries zombies? Like a zombie tsunami?" The consultants are looking into it.
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