Sacramento Taxpayers President Warns of Prop. 13 Bait and Switch Read the petitions and understand what you are signing
By Katy Grimes, November 6, 2019 from the California Globe Debra Desrosiers, President of the Sacramento Taxpayers Association, walked out of Sam’s Club in Yuba City Saturday and saw a guy at a table collecting signatures for ballot initiatives. “Read the signs… who wouldn’t sign what is on the table? It looks great, right?” Debra said. “But... Read More
Are California transportation officials pulling a bait and switch on gas tax funds?
By GEORGE SKELTON CAPITOL JOURNAL COLUMNIST (Los Angeles Times) What really irks people about politicians is when they sell them one thing and deliver something else. It’s called bait and switch. It breeds cynicism and mistrust of government. It becomes even harder for citizens to follow wannabe political leaders. Voters say a pox on all career... Read More
California: Tax return law doesn’t bar ballot access
Credit to KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s attorney general is urging a federal judge not to halt a state law requiring presidential candidates release their tax returns, arguing it doesn’t bar anyone from accessing the ballot or deprive voters of their rights. Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, made his arguments in... Read More
New Proposed Garbage Rate Hike
Credited To FOON RHEE Sacramento News & Review A proposed garbage rate hike would be third this decade to hit Sacramento homeowners We tend to take garbage collection for granted, except when a pickup is missed—or when our bill goes up. So at the public hearing on Aug. 28 before the Utilities Rate Advisory Commission, chances... Read More
Taxpayers Bootcamp!
The Sacramento Taxpayers Association is proud to present our first ever Taxpayers Bootcamp to give the general public the ability to Advocate, Educate and Support the importance of fiscal discipline within our state! Things which will be covered are: Board Agendas, Researching, Public Records Act, Ralph M Brown Act, Etc The event is on August... Read More
Democrats get SLAPP’d for First Amendment violation
Credits to: Jon Coupal Jul 21, 2019 Democrats get SLAPP’d for First Amendment violation Democrats pay lip service to the First Amendment and claim to encourage political engagement but, in reality, their desire is to silence all views but their own. Last week, a Court of Appeal made them pay for their hypocrisy. In 2017, one... Read More
News of SacRT General Manager Awarded for Defending Taxpayer Funds on Carmichael Times
SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) – The Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) recently announced that General Manager/CEO Henry Li received the first annual Good Governance Award from the Sacramento Taxpayers Association for Outstanding Leadership in Defending Taxpayer Funds. “Since I began with SacRT three years ago, I have pushed to get the district back on track... Read More
Join The Sacramento Taxpayers Assoc. Event Featuring Randall O’Toole Transportation Expert, Author
The Sacramento Taxpayers Association is hosting a event free to the public featuring Randal O’Toole, author of “Romance of the Rails: Why the Passenger Trains We Love Are Not the Transportation We Need.” Randal’s book and important information is sure to help in any future fights against the Sacramento Streetcar, High Speed Rail, as well as... Read More
Sacramento’s Measure U Tax Increase is a Slush Fund For Greedy Politicians
Sacramento voters are once again faced with tax increases on the November ballot because Mayor Darrell Steinberg and most of the members of City Council can’t or won’t be honest about their gross spending and particular taste for other people’s money. So here we are again, solving Sacramento’s latest budget/spending crisis with hefty tax increases.... Read More
Sen. John MOORLACH Federal/State Races Voter Guide
Below is Sen. John Moorlach’s Voter Guide for the Federal Congressional, State Senate, Assembly, Judicial races. With the top two rule, there is one race with no Republicans. Democrats have one asterisk and Libertarians have three (also see MOORLACH CAMPAIGN UPDATE — Statewide Voter Guide — September 24, 2018). For the judicial portion of the ballot, I... Read More