Entries by Mimi Willard

Video: Tax Tsunami and Your November Ballot

Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers (CST) President Mimi Willard was the keynote speaker at Marin Coalition’s meeting on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at Dominican University. In her talk, entitled “The Tax Tsunami and Your November Ballot,” Willard demystified the key measures on your statewide and local ballot. Watch a video of the event and Willard’s keynote […]

Video: Marin Municipal Water District Division II and Division V Candidate Webinar

CST hosted an impartial virtual forum with Marin Municipal Water District Division II candidates Robert Sandoval, Diana Maier, and Jack Kenney, and Division V candidates Dawn Matheson and Dave Keatley. This forum was moderated by Marin IJ political columnist Dick Spotswood. Watch the video of the webinar above.

Video: Marin County Board of Supervisors District 2 Webinar

This Q&A webinar featured the candidates running for the Marin County Board of Supervisors seat representing the Ross Valley, Brian Colbert and Heather McPhail Sridharan. This impartial forum was moderated by the Marin IJ’s political columnist, Dick Spotswood.

Bond Measure Guidelines and Guardrails

The Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers was approached by community leaders with the idea of jointly developing a set of guidelines to ensure local bond measures are fair, responsible, and accountable.

Major Tax Tsunami Warning!

CST continues to sound the alarm about a California Tax Tsunami arriving with the November 2024 election, and that could persist for several election cycles until the cumulative impact on California families and businesses becomes unsupportable.

Tax & Fee Exemptions Discounts for Seniors Low & Middle Income & Others

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 for which they may qualify, CO$T distributes this informational bulletin to Marin County taxpayer-voters each spring, updated to include new discounts and exemptions as well […]

$1 Billion Here $20 Billion There

FIRST WAVE OF TAX TSUNAMI ON NOVEMBER HORIZON A tsunami of tax measures is on California’s horizon, with the leading edge breaking on our shores in November 2024. This could be an inflection point, with significantly higher taxes — particularly at the local and regional level — exacerbating unaffordability for millions of residents and businesses […]

COST Video Forum Congressional District 2 California

This Q&A webinar, hosted by the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers, provides an excellent opportunity to learn about the candidates running for the United States Congress District 2 seat. Hear from incumbent Congressman Jared Huffman and challengers Chris Coulombe and Tief Gibbs, in this impartial forum moderated by the Honorable Leah T. Wilson, Executive Director of the California Bar Association. This […]

2024 U.S. Congress District 2 Candidates Forum

This Q&A webinar, hosted by the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers, provides an excellent opportunity to learn about the candidates running for the United States Congress District 2 seat.

U.S. Congress District 2 Candidates Forum

U.S. Congress District 2 Candidates Forum 7 p.m. on Zoom | Monday, February 12 This Q&A webinar, hosted by the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers, provides an excellent opportunity to learn about the candidates running for the United States Congress District 2 seat. Hear from incumbent Congressman Jared Huffman and challengers Chris Coulombe and Tief Gibbs […]

COST Marin County Supervisor District 4 Forum Jan 18 2024 Video

This Q&A webinar hosted by the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers provides an excellent opportunity to learn about the two candidates running for the Marin County Board of Supervisors District 4 seat. Hear from incumbent Supervisor Dennis Rodoni and candidate Francis Drouillard. Voters will receive ballots by mail in early February for the March 5 election. […]

Vote NO on Measure A

Defeat Unfair Tam Union Measure A CO$T ANNOUNCES INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT TAMALPAIS UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT’S $1 BILLION TAX ON MARCH 2024 BALLOT Get Involved! A campaign committed to defeating TUHSD’s unfair and unnecessary billion-dollar tax measure is now underway, thanks to support from COST and concerned citizens. VICTORY IS ACHIEVABLE IF YOU HELP! […]

COST Election Forum District 2 2024

Sign Up Now This Q&A webinar hosted by the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers provides an excellent opportunity to learn about the four candidates running for the Marin County Board of Supervisors seat representing District 2. Hear from all four candidates: Brian Colbert, Heather McPhail Sridharan, Ryan O’Neil, and Gabe Paulson, (Click on their names to […]

COST Election Forum District 4

Sign Up Now This Q&A webinar hosted by the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers provides an excellent opportunity to learn about the two candidates running for the Marin County Board of Supervisors District 4 seat. Hear from incumbent Supervisor Dennis Rodoni and candidate Francis Drouillard. Voters will receive ballots by mail in early February for the […]

Protest Higher Garbage Bills!

Tell Local Government:Give Us Back our Money!Represent Our Interests! Refuse collection bills throughout Marin are high and increase every year under franchise agreements awarded by individual local governments to private companies. You don’t get to vote on the rates. After paying a consultant to review the rate proposal, our local elected officials rubberstamp the suggested […]

FIX PROP 19 PROVISIONS MANDATING REASSESSMENT OF INHERITED HOMES

FIX PROP 19 PROVISIONS MANDATING REASSESSMENT OF INHERITED HOMES Many CA Heirs are Now Forced to Sell the Family Home! We Need YOUR Signature to Amend Prop 19! DOWNLOAD PETITION NOW CO$T is helping with a statewide effort to fix 2020’s Proposition 19, which voters narrowly approved. People were largely unaware that voting YES would […]