All posts tagged "Commerce Tax"

(Fred Weinberg) – There is an organization — notable mostly for its misleading name — which claims to...

(Ron Knecht & Geoffrey Lawrence) – Recently, Ron spoke to an industry group about the petition to give...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – I’m gonna give you just a quick update because the whole family and some of the kids’ friends drove up to Carson City yesterday and we’re heading out to the pumpkin patch at Lattin Farms in Fallon this morning… 1.)  Despite Judge Jerry Wiese of the 8th Judicial...

(Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal) – A group called The Coalition for Nevada’s Future on Thursday, October 29,...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – By now everyone knows that 80 percent of Nevada voters voted against the Margins Tax last November and that Gov. Brian Sandoval’s “Commerce Tax” is just a mutated version of it.  But here are some things many folks either aren’t aware of or are forgetting about the...

(Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal) – A group led by state Controller Ron Knecht has filed a referendum...

(Sharon Rossie, NPRI) – Now that I’ve been back at NRPI for some time and had the opportunity to speak with and meet many of you and hear your hopes and concerns for Nevada, I’d like to share my vision for NPRI and show you what I believe we can accomplish together....

(Michele Fiore) – Last month, the We Decide Coalition filed a referendum to repeal the 1.4 billion dollar tax hike that was passed in the 78 sessions. This tax package includes the Commerce Tax that 80% of voters overwhelming disapproved of last November. While there has been some pushback from supporters of Governor...

(Richard Bunce) – Our businesses are constantly dealing with every roadblock to growth and even existence imaginable, from new...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – I’ve been hearing rumblings that a major exodus of businesses from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce has been going on ever since the Chamber bent over and supported Gov. Brian Sandoval’s largest tax hike in Nevada history in the recently concluded 2015 legislative session. I’m also...

(Thomas Mitchell) – This should get interesting. A group of people calling themselves the We Decide Coalition has filed an initiative petition with the Nevada Secretary of State that would give voters a chance to repeal the $1.4 billion in tax hikes passed by the 2015 Legislature at the behest of Gov. Brian...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – Early on in the World War II classic film, Patton, we’re shown the scene of a just-concluded battle with Arabs stripping U.S. soldiers of their clothing and valuables. A pair of jeeps carrying American military personnel roll up to survey the carnage.  As the officers review the battlefield and...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – In 2009, the Nevada Legislature passed a series of “temporary” tax hikes totaling in excess of $600 million.  The people of Nevada were promised that those tax hikes would expire, “sunset,” in two years. Instead, the Legislature extended those tax hikes for an additional two years in both 2011...