Public Comment on Bridge Toll Increase by Coalition of Transportation and Taxpayer Advocacy Organizations
The Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers is among seven transportation and taxpayer advocacy organizations who signed the joint letter linked below regarding the proposed Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) bridge toll increase. Click Here to View the Joint Letter to BATA ➾
CST President Questions IJ Editorial Board’s Endorsements of Local Bond Measures Their Owner Deems “Deceitful”
In response to the Marin Independent Journal Editorial Board’s endorsement of Kentfield, TUHSD, and Fairfax’s November 2024 bond measures, CST President Mimi Willard penned a letter to the editor calling out the disconnect between those endorsements and the condemnation of local bond measures by the editorial board of the Bay Area News Group, the IJ’s parent. Willard’s letter explains the details of these measures, the deceptive wording of their ballot language, toothless oversight, and other reasons why CST is leery of local bond measures. Read Willard’s letter to the editor in full by clicking below.
CST continues concerned about the Tax Tsunami now unfolding that will be greatly exacerbated if voters approve Proposition 5 — opposed both by the Bay Area News Group and CST— making it far easier to pass local bond tax measures. The Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers urges being selective in voting Yes on additional bond measures given the great likelihood you’ll soon be paying many, new, multiple-decade taxes for bond measures passed in the current and upcoming elections.
Essential Voter Tools & Info
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CST Announces Endorsements of Marin Candidates Who Share Our Vision
The Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers (CST) periodically endorses selected candidates for public office. Our endorsements focus on candidates in whom we have high confidence that their approaches and priorities overlap with ours and the positions that they will fill are important.
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 speech above!
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.