Category: taxes
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The City’s Council
Opinion by Samuel Strait – April 6, 2022 There is only so much a person can do when government has money to burnand absolutely no vision of what they are doing now will only add to thefinancial burden in the future, when there is no money to burn. OnMonday, the local Transportation Commission approved placing…
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Can’t Make It Up
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – March 29, 2022 One of the most radical bills in California history is set for a vote tomorrow. AB 1993 forces every business to mandate the COVID vaccine for workers. But first, about yesterday. The Supermajority finally allowed a hearing on my bill to suspend the gas tax. I knew…
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Is It Possible To Tax and Spend to Recovery?
By Donna Westfall – March 29, 2022 Whether it’s Del Norte County, California State or the Federal Government the tax and spend mentality doesn’t work! President Biden unveiled his 2023 budget yesterday. No surprise there: it includes trillions in spending, debt, and the biggest tax hike in history. As we’ve witnessed from Day 1 of Biden in the White House,…
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Chaos on the Assembly Floor
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – March 26, 2022 The Supermajority arrived for Thursday’s Assembly Floor Session with a clear goal: to not only stop my bill to suspend the gas tax, but to thwart a vote from even happening. As to the latter objective, they failed. Their ploy was to suddenly move my bill from…
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The Local Robots Meet Again
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 23, 2022 Nothing like a consistent 4-0 vote on every item as the Del Norte CountyBoard of Supervisor’s scurried through their second of bi-monthlymeetings in under ninety minutes. Another public comment by LindaSutter, roundly disapproved of by Supervisor Short later in the meeting,essentially calling out the…
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Business As Usual?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 16, 2022 For those of you that did not catch the last meeting of one of CrescentCity’s Secret Societies, it featured a plea by a local business owner tothe local Republican Central Committee to support an effort to rescindthe County’s Measure “R” whenever the Board of…
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With Open Arms
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – March 15, 2022 There are currently 76 Members of the State Assembly. Yesterday, 18 of them voted for my bill to suspend the gas taxes. Another 18 abstained from the vote. And 40 voted no, welcoming $6 per gallon with open arms. You can see how everyone voted here and watch the…
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The City And Measure “S”
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 15, 2022 While the focus recently has been on the local debacle with our currentsheriff, and the notion that the County’s leadership has gone astraywhen it comes to Measure “R” funding, the City has some explaining to doas well. It is true that one component of…
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A Long Over Due Lesson On Taxes
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 10, 2022 It is stunning when one hears someone who works for the Countyvehemently oppose the repeal of the County 1% increase in the salestax. Sure the County’s bureaucracy will make every effort to “gaslight”those that work for the County into believing it is in their…
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Support Reduction of Gas Tax
By Donna Westfall – March 1, 2022 Gas taxes are supposed to go towards road repair. Our gas taxes are being diverted to go towards the (snicker) High Speed Rail – “Bullet Train”. You remember that. In 2008 voters approved nearly $10 billion in bond money. The cost was projected to run $40 Billion. I…