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Dick Spotswood: Tam Union bond proposal promises to test taxpayer patience

By DICK SPOTSWOOD | spotswood@comcast.net | October 7, 2023 at 10:50 a.m. Tamalpais Union High School District is aiming to place a facilities improvement bond on the March 5 primary election ballot. The district website indicates the measure, including interest and principal, will cost residents over $1 billion. Of that, $517 million is for principal. […]

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Vote NO on ACA-13, ACA-1 & AB-151

URGENT!  Act TODAY! Tell Damon Connolly & Mike McGuire: Vote NO on ACA-13, ACA-1 & AB-151 WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW! The California legislature is about to light a three alarm fire that will torch the financial future of California’s taxpayers and businesses.  Rather than reducing unsustainable public expenditures and pension liabilities in response to huge deficits, Sacramento is continuing business

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NO ON ACA 13!!!

Please call in at 1:30PM TODAY 8/23/23 to the CA Assembly Election committee members to vote NO on  ACA 13.   It must be stopped.  It is a blatant attempt to limit citizen’s rights to pass Constitutional amendments in CA.  To understand what “our” representatives are about to do to us all, read Dan Walters’ article.  If this

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MMWD & CO$T Settle Water Rate Lawsuit

Joint Statement by Marin Water and the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers (CO$T) For Release – May 4, 2023 Marin Municipal Water District and the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers (CO$T) and other individually named plaintiffs have reached a settlement in the 2019 case of the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers., et al v. Marin Municipal Water District.

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Marin Municipal Water District Proposes New Rate Structure, Higher Rates

If you’re a customer of Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD), you should have received notice of proposed rates for the upcoming 4-year period (July 2023 through June 2027). California law requires that this notification be sent at least 45 days in advance of a public hearing on the new rates, which will occur on May 16. Under

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YOU May Qualify for Tax & Fee Exemptions & Discounts Senior, Low and Moderate Income, Disabled & Medical

Tax and Fee Exemptions & Discounts for Seniors Low & Middle Income People with Disabilities & Medical Conditions MMWD & PGE Customers Who are Overpaying APPLY NOW! Filing Deadlines Soon! Beware: You May Need to Reapply Each Year Don’t Miss Future Alerts Like This! Because so many tax- and rate-payers miss out on cost-saving opportunities

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CO$T Succeeds at its 2022 Top Priority Three New Marin Water Board Directors Elected in Landslide

CO$T’s Board thanks ALL of our supporters who contributed to the successful election of CO$T-endorsed candidates Matt Samson, Ranjiv Khush, and Jed Smith.  Thank you for supporting these superior candidates with your votes, yard signs, letters to the editor, campaign donations,  knocking on doors, talking with your neighbors, social media posts, and so much more.  Democracy

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