VOTE: Should Capitola and Santa Cruz Be Combined?

On Tuesday, Ethan Bearman contributed an to save the taxpayers' money. 

Bearman suggested that condensing the two towns to one would mean paying just one city manager's salary, fewer councilmembers, one police department, one fire department, etc.

According to Bearman:

"The Los Angeles Times reported that Princeton Borough and Princeton Township in New Jersey are combining into Princeton for exactly the reasons I stated above. This combination of two municipalities will save the taxpayers $3.1 million per year. Princeton Borough has 14,203 people, Princeton Township has 16,027 so the town of Princeton will have 30,230. With the savings divided by the population, each and every person will save over $102 per year. This means an average household of four people will save over $400 per year in local taxes. That is $400 that family can use to pay down debt, spend on children’s activities, save for a rainy day, or any number of things they choose to do with the money instead of handing that money over to their duplicated local governments. 

To be clear, there are no plans or even talks of plans to combine Capitola and Santa Cruz as one town, governed by one body. However, we still want to know what you think. 

Given the potential tax break, would you support Capitola and Santa Cruz combining? Are economic times tough enough? Or are you content with paying the cash to keep Capitola autonomous? Vote in the poll below and tell us what you think in the comments!