Jobs & Economy
No on Prop D Campaign Announces Website Launch and Kickoff Event
www.StopTheSalesTax.com
August 18, 2010
The No on Prop D campaign has officially launched its website – and has announced a campaign kickoff event for August 25.
Top 10 Flaws in the Sales Tax Hike Proposal
DeMaio Commits To Defeat Sales Tax Increase
August 4, 2010
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.”
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DeMaio Calls Sales Tax A "Bailout" For City Politicians
Pension Reform, Not Tax Increases, Needed To Fix City Budget
July 26, 2010
San Diego – City Councilmember Carl DeMaio today labeled the proposed city sales tax increase a “bailout” for city politicians that have failed to implement long overdue reforms to the pension system and competitive bidding on city services.
“The majority on the City Council has spent the past several years blocking pension reform and real competition on city services. Instead of implementing reforms, they have cut city services, browned out fire stations, resorted to questionable accounting shifts, and raided reserves. Now they are desperately seeking a bailout from San Diego’s working families in the form of a regressive sales tax hike,” commented DeMaio.
DeMaio’s office released figures showing that skyrocketing pension payments are driving the city’s need for a sales tax hike.
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