Budget & Pension
No on Prop D Campaign Announces Website Launch and Kickoff Event
www.StopTheSalesTax.com
Top 10 Flaws in the Sales Tax Hike Proposal
DeMaio Commits To Defeat Sales Tax Increase
Not surprisingly, the City Council today advanced the dubious Sales Tax Ballot Measure. A growing coalition of taxpayer advocates, civic leaders, and small business owners is forming to support broad-based campaign to defeat this deceptive measure – and to advance real common-sense fiscal reforms in city government.
We’ve included a short “Top 10 Flaws” piece below.
Put simply, San Diego taxpayers deserve better than a tax increase masquerading as “reform.”
DeMaio & Faulconer Outline Criteria for Achieving Fiscal Reform Without Raising Taxes
San Diego – Councilmember Carl DeMaio joined Councilmember Kevin Faulconer in identifying “10 Criteria for Real Fiscal Reform in City Government.” The reforms include significant reforms to the city’s debt-ridden pension system, immediate implementation of open and fair competitive bidding on city services, and a comprehensive fiscal analysis.
“Tax increases are not needed to fix our city’s financial problems – we need immediate implementation of these cost saving reforms,” DeMaio noted. “These reforms can legally be done within the next 18 months to not only balance the budget in the short term, but restore the long-term financial health of our city,” DeMaio added.
Among the items in the plan (READ MORE...)
