Discussion with a Progressive about the Estate “Death” Tax
By Dr. Kevin McNamee The following is a discussion with a Facebook Progressive which illustrates the divide in our country regarding paying ones “fair share and transferring wealth”. This discussion was prompted by Senator Sanders question to President Trump’s Budget Director about the proposed elimination of the death tax. SENATOR SANDERS: I asked […]
You Have Reasons To Be Concerned How Ventura Spends Your Tax Money
“FEW THINGS ARE HARDER TO PUT UP WITH THAN THE ANNOYANCE OF A GOOD EXAMPLE“ —Mark Twain Complaining about how Ventura spends our tax money is like complaining about the weather. Everyone talks about it, but nobody does anything about it. When Ventura spends money on projects, you trust and hope city officials would spend […]
Voice your opinion! Do you support $52 billion CA tax increase?
Higher gas taxes and car registration fees are not the answer We can fix roads without taking more money from hard-working families Please take a moment to watch this short video on the $52 billion transportation tax increase proposed by Governor Jerry Brown and legislative leaders. Later this week the Legislature is […]
California cuts taxes, restores 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th Amendments.
“It’s time to take our cause to the people,” said the Governor, who in his first term supported a major tax increase but since then has been urging the State Legislature, without success, to make tax cuts. “Californians pay higher taxes than workers in any other Western state and we have one of the highest income […]
SB 640 by Hertzberg: $123 BILLION Tax Increase—NOT a Typo
. . By Stephen Frank SB 640 by Hertzberg would force you to pay a sales tax on your divorce proceedings, shoe repair, tax preparation by a CPA. In total, Hertzberg—claiming to be a moderate Democrat, wants to raise $123 Billion in NEW taxes every year. Imagine if he was a liberal, this bill more […]
Conservative supporters cheer President Trump and Vice President Pence at CPAC
By Michael Hernandez President Trump: “We are the future of the Republican Party” “Now you finally have a president, finally. Took you a long time,” said President Donald J. Trump to his cheering supporters at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland on Friday. President Trump vowed to keep his campaign promises, specifically to […]
Apply Now for New Measure O Citizens’ Oversight Committee
Residents of the city of Ventura are encouraged to apply for volunteer positions on the Measure O Citizens’ Oversight Committee. The Committee’s responsibilities include review of the projected revenues and recommended expenditures for the funds generated by Measure O and to make recommendations to the City Council as part of the City’s budget process. After […]
Port Hueneme medical cannabis clinic coming
By George Miller Technically, using cannabis (marijuana) is illegal per federal law. But that is widely flouted, even by the State of California, the largest in the union, which has had legal medical marijuana use for years and has now opened up “recreational” use as well, via a ballot initiative in November, via Proposition 64. […]
CA Democrats want higher fees and taxes for state infrastructure
Sharing in a new emerging consensus in favor of substantial infrastructure spending, California Democrats have teed up the policy for early action in 2017, triggering renewed debate over the wisdom of funding the effort through significant new transportation-related fees and taxes. Gov. Jerry Brown and other leading Democrats had signaled earlier in the month that infrastructure […]
Californians Approve $5.0 Billion per Year in New Taxes
By ED RING For the last few years, using data provided by the watchdog organization CalTax, we have summarized the results of local bond and tax proposals appearing on the California ballot. Nearly all of them are approved by voters, and this past November was no exception. With only a couple of measures still too close […]
