MMWD’s upcoming PR visits to City Councils are a chance for you and your council to object to the Reverse Robin Hood funding scheme: its proposed capital maintenance fee (CMF). Speak up during public comment at your council meeting. Email your Council members and urge them to represent your concerns. MMWD should PAUSE THE PROCESS […]
MMWD Start Over with a Plan That’s Fair & Not on Property Tax Bills Read Post »
Marin Municipal Water District plans to put a big, new, annual fee on your next tax bill, AND, send a HUGE invoice to your public school district and municipality. Despite a stated 10 year term, the District plans that the proposed Capital Maintenance Fee will be ongoing for decades, with annual escalators. They’re already contemplating
Tell MMWD: PAUSE! Proposed Big Fee Flawed by Rushed Process Read Post »
In today’s Marin IJ Jan 28, 2019 https://www.marinij.com/2019/01/27/marin-tax-watchdog-aims-for-transpartisan-approach/
Mimi Willard Advocates Transpartisan Approach Read Post »
Transportation Authority of Marin’s proposed ½ cent sales tax renewal has attracted considerable opposition owing to its 30 year term. With rapidly evolving technological and societal changes, that’s much further into the future than any congestion management agency can predict. If TAM gets a 30 year renewal they won’t have to deal with us pesky
TAM Needlessly Threatens 2019 Crossing Guard Cuts if Voters Reject AA Read Post »
The Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers Urges Vote YES on Measure J Tamalpais Union High School District $149 Annual 4-Year Supplemental Parcel Tax The Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers encourages voting YES on Measure J, a supplemental $149 annual parcel tax. Measure J would expire in June 30, 2022, simultaneously with the existing $294 annual parcel tax.
COST Says Yes on Measure J Read Post »
Argument Against Measure AA (TAM Sales Tax Renewal) Voters should reject Measure AA, a thirty-year renewal of the 0.5% county-wide sales tax whose revenues go to the Transportation Authority of Marin. Thirty years is way too long. The Transportation Authority of Marin doesn’t have a coherent thirty year congestion relief plan. It has a “Christmas
COST says NO on TAM Tax Measure AA Read Post »
The Marin Association of Public Employees (MAPE)* is going on strike to force Marin’s Board of Supervisors to give them an 11% pay raise! Their demands are excessive and lack accountability. Our supervisors vote on any contract. Tell them to reject MAPE’s demands. And insist that Supervisors who have repeatedly accepted campaign money from MAPE
TELL SUPERVISORS: REBUFF MAPE’S DEMANDS. REPRESENT US! Read Post »
NO on Regional Measure 3, the $3.00 toll hike On June 2018 Bay Area Ballots The Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers — a nonprofit non-partisan advocacy group protecting the rights and interests of Marin taxpayers – urges voting NO ON Regional Measure 3. RM-3, a huge money grab by an out-of-control, un-elected regional planning agency,
CO$T’s Board Unanimously OPPOSES REGIONAL MEASURE 3 Read Post »
Routine increases in garbage collection fees plus the introduction of a garbage-related regulatory compliance charge sparked an accusation Tuesday that the county is profiting from garbage rate hikes. During a public hearing on the fee increases, Mimi Willard of Kentfield, founder and president of the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers, said, “When the supervisors approve rate
Mimi Willard on Garbage Rate Hikes in the MarinIJ Read Post »
