What Is PAATZ's True Motivation?

Honesty is not PAATZ's dominant character trait.  I was reminded of that when I received a second anti-zoo flier in the mail.

In case you have not heard, PAATZ is the name I gave to the Person Against All Things Zoo.  It is pronounced "Patsy."

PAATZ is a one-woman crusade to prevent Fresno County from retaining the one penny on $10 sales tax that is making Fresno Chaffee Zoo one of the world's great zoos.  The question is why would you oppose such a successful operation?  

From the fliers she has spent to mail out, PAATZ suggests that the tax is unnecessary because the zoo is self-sustaining.  Sure, the zoo can make it without Measure Z, but it will require big changes.  Admission will increase substantially and construction of new or improved exhibits will stop.  Yes, the zoo currently has several millions of dollars available but it is earmarked for the Africa exhibit. (So yes, PAATZ's claim that the zoo is sitting on millions of dollars is another one of her half-truths.)

But if PAATZ was only concerned about the tax, why has she opposed the zoo's renovation and expansion for the past 10 years?  Why did she oppose Sea Lion Cove?  Why did she oppose the number of gallons of water in the cove?  Why did she oppose the Master Plan?  Why did she oppose the underground utilities necessary to provide the exhibits?  Why did she oppose the zoo's expansion after Measure Z was in place?   I could go on and on.

If the retention of an insignificant tax is PAATZ's real concern, why has she opposed everything the zoo has done for the past decade?  The real answer must be something other than the tax.

It is time for PAATZ to come clean.  What is your real beef?  Your actions speak louder than your words.  Based on a decade of opposition, it is clear the continuation of a paltry tax is not the real reason you oppose all things zoo.  (No, that you may give the zoo $500 and then force the zoo to spend thousands of dollars to defend itself against your spurious claims does not make you a zoo supporter!)

That's my request.  Come clean.  Tell us the real reason you fight everything about the zoo.  It's time you try a dose of honesty.