Ventura County Taxpayers Association: Lunch with Mike Powers, County CEO
By Sheryl Hamlin Dick Thomson, eight year president of the Ventura County Taxpayers Association (VCTA) passed the presidential gavel to Robert Alviani on July 27, 2017 during the summer meeting in Oxnard with about 50 in attendance including several elected officials. Mr. Alviani, a retired banker, said he was “looking out for taxpayers” and how […]
Jon Coupal: Taxpayer Assault on Horizon
By Sheryl Hamlin Fresh from a roadside phone interview with NPR radio about Governor Brown’s proposed $54 billion tax increase, Jon Coupal, veteran tax warrior and head of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA), breezed in to keynote the Ventura County Taxpayers Association meeting on Thursday, March 30 in Oxnard. $54 Billion Tax Increase THIS […]
Join VCTA for Lunch on March 30th with Jon Coupal president of Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association
Make plans to join VCTA for lunch on March 30th. Our guest speaker will be Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, the largest taxpayers association in California. He is a recognized expert in California fiscal matters and the principal drafter of prop 218. Click Here for additional details and to pay by […]
County thinks “Public” means “Public Employee”
Pathetic Attempt to Pack the VCERA Board For most of us in the taxpaying private sector, when we think of the “public”, it is probably a near certainty that most of us are not thinking of someone who is a government employee. Not so it seems when it comes to the County of Ventura. […]
No on Ventura Measure R – Say No to unfair taxes
Ventura County Taxpayers Association . VCTA opposes City of Ventura Measure R and opposes parcel taxes fundamentally. Parcel taxes have become a way to get around Prop 13 but there are several reasons why parcel taxes are the wrong kind of taxes to employ. . 1. There is generally no requirement that a parcel […]
