77th (2013) Session
Opinions
View all submitted comments for each bill by the most recent, by votes for, or by votes against.
| AB46 | ||
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| Against | More taxes? Really? | May-21-2013 |
| For | May-21-2013 | |
| Against | This is adding a tax without the vote of the people as required by law. Don't do it! | May-21-2013 |
| Against | May-20-2013 | |
| Against | There must be an end to these tax increase bills. Especially for schools. When do they have to cut their budgets like we do? | May-20-2013 |
| Against | May-20-2013 | |
| Against | No more taxes. | May-20-2013 |
| For | Our schools need to be maintained. They are in horrible condition | May-19-2013 |
| Against | May-18-2013 | |
| Against | Please do not impose another sales tax on retailers which consumers will pay. Also, don’t impose a new property tax in Washoe County. Why are you exempting the property tax from the existing limit? We can’t afford more taxes! This new property tax is exempt from the existing limit of $3.64 per $100. Why have a limit if you are going to pass new taxes and exempt them from the limit? Homeowners are the first citizens to be hit with tax increases. Many apartment dwellers get government-subsidized rent paid for by taxpayers; and, all apartment dwellers receive the same benefit of public services and protection as property owners do. Consider including these citizens in any tax increases. In Spanish Springs (zip code 89441) where we live, we had to pay $21,000 per homeowner last year to the County for road paving in our property area. Over 400 property owners were assessed for this. We have also been paying $22.00 per quarter for flood control utility fee for the last 6-7 years (it started out at about $7.00). The flood control benefits the main road of Pyramid Highway, so we are paying to keep this Nevada main road from flooding (2.5 miles from where we live!) Thank you for your consideration of our opinion. Greg and Carol Evans | May-18-2013 |
| Against | I used to support anything having to do with schools. No more. The wanton waste of funds by our school districts means I want to see accountability for performance, beginning with the overpaid Superintendents, before I am willing to support any more money for ANYTHING for the schools, including capital projects. The district wastes so much money and with additional funding they will waste more. Look at the abandoned elementary school in Incline Village -- why doesn't the school district sell it and use the proceeds for capital projects? | May-18-2013 |
| Against | against ab46 unless it has a requirement or a vote of approval by the residents of washoe county. | May-16-2013 |
| For | Washoe County School District is the only one in the state that does not have an alternative source of funds for building maintenance to supplement fiscal deficiencies. With the recent recession, property taxes have dwindled and left WCSD without sufficient funds to keep our aging schools safe and functional. Please give this Bill a fair chance. It is a reasonable solution to a problem that needs to be addressed, sooner rather than later. The cost to the taxpayer is minor and the benefits important to maintaining our schools. Please support this Bill. Thank you! | May-15-2013 |
| For | I am a senior and I support this tax. I am fully aware that folks paid forward for my schools and my education now it is my turn. I am happy to pay the $8.00 per month to contribute to the maintenance and care of our schools so that are children education can be warm, safe and dry! | May-15-2013 |
| Against | May-15-2013 | |
| For | Please vote to preserve our public investment. Schools belong to all of us -- they not only house education facilities for our young students but host many community meetings and are the center of many neighborhoods. We need to make sure we care for this public investment in an equitable way. Washoe County is the only county without dedicated resources to care for these buildings - many are over 50 years old - they are aging! There is an urgent need -- please do not only recognize the need, but solve the problem. You represent the voice of the voters who put you in office -- please honor your campaign commitments! | May-15-2013 |
| Against | Vote No on AB46. Please do not impose another sales tax on retailers which consumers will pay. Also, don’t impose a new property tax in Washoe County . Why are you exempting the property tax from the existing limit? We can’t afford more taxes! | May-14-2013 |
| Against | Please vote NO on AB 46!! You want 2 cents here, 5 cents here, 8 percent there, it all adds up to alot, along with gas, food, etc. You are not going to have any qualified state employees if you don’t start to bring back what we have lost over the last 6 years. I’m thinking that Nevada is not the state I came to love and may be leaving for good! I have not seen much good for the state workers, we increase money only to the schools and then the state workers are taxed because we are state servants, which I know I feel like. If enough people leave the state, your really going to have a bigger mess then you have now. I now make much less than I did in 2005, this is not the right way to handle things, maybe you could work into things on a smaller dollar amount for schools. make the schools mor accountable and quit wasting our tax dollars. | May-14-2013 |
| Against | No reform, no revenue. No accountability, no revenue. There is not a money problem here, it's spending problem. | May-14-2013 |
| Against | No more taxes!! We're barely getting by as is!! | May-13-2013 |
| Against | Again, sneaky and back door elected reps. keep on lying and raising taxes anyway they can and use the old mantra, it's for the kids. Gee, in all this time all these tax raises and bills being passed, you mean to tell me that our kids are still in jeopardy? If that's the case then proof that our reps. are lying to us, because nothing ever gets fixed once we give them more money. | May-13-2013 |
| Against | The people have demanded approval before the sales tax can be raised. What does the Legislature do? They find a way around consulting the people. The people have demanded a limit on property taxes. What does the Legislature do? They find a way of ignoring the limit so they can raise the property tax. It is politics as usual ….which is the reason that “we the people” who pay the taxes increasingly consider “politics” a dirty word. We know that all too often, it means buying votes from those whose votes are for sale and leveraging for power with groups who seek to force consumption of a product that is too inferior and high priced to sell on the open market (e.g public education). It somehow has become a system that believes that “we the people” are so morally and intellectually incompetent as to need to pay for someone else to regulate us and be our caregivers. Ironically, this system has created a special class of “we the people,” those who sit in legislative chambers and cubicles in government offices, who are somehow purified of the common moral and intellectual debilitations such that they are qualified to be the regulators and caregivers. They can even make themselves exempt from the laws and regulations they create. I urge you to oppose AB46. We are taxed more than enough, regulated more than enough. It is time that government had to justify its programs, departments and products the same way that “we the people” do. After all, incompetent though we are, we are somehow managing to pay for the stuff that government is constantly seeking more money to tweak, renovate or create, and still have enough left to produce something people buy, not because they have no choice, but because they really want it. | May-13-2013 |
| Against | Just keep taxing "We the taxpayers" and we will sell our properties, businesses, or whatever and get the heck out of Nevada. How much will you be able to tax those who rely on: free food: free clothes, free phones, money to not work, free health care, etc. Someone need to tell them and YOU ALL, IT'S NOT FREE! | May-13-2013 |
| For | May-13-2013 | |
| Against | We're struggling as it is already. Additional taxes are only going to hurt us more. | May-13-2013 |
| Against | Increase in property tax-sales tax to fund school district capital projects is a ballot issue. Do not take away my ballot privilege. | May-13-2013 |
| Against | The school board has misspent millions of tax payers on bad land purchases, mismanaged school building contracts and ridiculous employees bonuses, in the past. They have enough trouble getting education done properly. Giving the Board the power to tax the public is a TERRIBLE idea. Roger M. Edwards, Washoe County Planning Commissioner, and forty year resident. | May-13-2013 |
| Against | Bad actors, a dishonest attempt to raise taxes against the rules "for the children" but make $ available for anything. Need to stop the money grab and the devious practice. | May-13-2013 |
| Against | May-13-2013 | |
| Against | No more taxes! God only asks for 10% of ones harvest! | May-12-2013 |
| Against | Why can't you folks get it? There is no "tax" that is stable. We don't have money because the economy stinks. Unemployment is only an indicator or how bad it is. Those of us who still have jobs are making do with less already, fewer hours, less per hour, concern that we may not have a job for long. We watch our neighbors who have been out of work forever. For God's sake, wake up!! | May-12-2013 |
| Against | May-12-2013 | |
| Against | Three words should suffice: TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY! (Next you'll be hiking up vehicle registration fees again, huh, or a MILEAGE USE TAX?) | May-12-2013 |
| Against | As a senior on a fixed income, give us a voice and let us vote on any new taxes. All you people do is increase our taxes. What you fail to realize is that we remember voting records and when it comes time to vote for you we remember!!! | May-12-2013 |
| Against | No more taxes without letting the people vote on it. You skirt the law and keep adding taxes, as a senior citizen on a fixed income every new tax lowers my standard of living. | May-12-2013 |
| Against | Vote no. | May-12-2013 |
| Against | May-12-2013 | |
| Against | Anyone proposing more property taxes at this time in Nevada's economy is throwing his or her political career away. Nevada's families are under more than enough pressure to survive and keep a roof over their heads. Veteran | May-12-2013 |
| Against | Vote No on AB46. Please do not impose another sales tax on retailers which consumers will pay. Also, don’t impose a new property tax in Washoe County. Why are you exempting the property tax from the existing limit? We can’t afford more taxes! | May-12-2013 |
| For | Vital to the schools.....get it passed | May-10-2013 |
| For | As an educator, we desperately need to pass this bill. We are way behind in NV. and it is only a small amount for the future of our children and country. | May-10-2013 |
| Against | Cut funding to public schooling so funds can come from a more local area. This will cause local communities to care more for education of local children. | May-09-2013 |
| For | Infrastructure maintenance does not get cheaper when we procrastinate. Vote yes on AB46. (I appreciate that the bill has no amendments. This helps transparency in spending taxpayers' money.) | May-09-2013 |
| For | Washoe County Schools need the funding this bill would provide to maintain their facilities. I urge your support. | May-09-2013 |
| For | I am for AB 46. This seems like a reasonable and well considered way to keep our schools in Washoe County safe and functional until more adequate educational funding can be identified and implemented. Our children are important and deserve well maintained school buildings. | May-09-2013 |
| For | May-08-2013 | |
| For | Investing in education benefits all of us, and I urge you to pass AB46 which will allow Washoe County to upgrade and upkeep the schools. About 25% of the schools are older than 50 years! My children have graduated and are done with school, and I am still willing to pay a little more in taxes. thank you, Barry Cernoch in Washoe Valley | May-08-2013 |
| For | In 1997 the community (businesses, parents, teachers) united in Clark County to support the imposition of local specific taxes for capital renewal, etc. The Nevada Legislature approved that measure. Today, now, the Washoe County community is supporting local specific taxes to fund essential capital renew, renovation, etc. for the Washoe County Schools. Please support this Assembly Bill 46. | May-06-2013 |
| Against | May-02-2013 | |
| For | Something needs to be done to fund education, the Governor won't do anything about tax reform in this state. | Apr-26-2013 |
| For | Apr-25-2013 | |
| For | Apr-25-2013 | |
| For | My children attend school in older buildings, we need to update and improve the schools in Washoe County. | Apr-24-2013 |
| For | Please pass this bill. My child attends Roy Gomm and they desperately need some attention to improve their learning environment. | Apr-24-2013 |
| For | Apr-23-2013 | |
| Against | Apr-23-2013 | |
| Against | WCSD does not have a revenue problem, they have an expenditure problem. We are tired of taxes. Struggling seniors, foreclosures- ENOUGH of the tax increases. What happened to the property tax limitation? | Apr-22-2013 |
| For | Apr-22-2013 | |
| For | Apr-22-2013 | |
| Against | If we hold schools accountable with present funding, allow citzen volunteers and stop expensive union rules, this gets done without taxes. | Apr-20-2013 |
| For | Apr-19-2013 | |
| Against | Don't change the tax laws as set by the State Constitution, for any reason. We live here because of the tax laws as they are. Once an exception is made, it opens the door to endless more, which circumvents the original concepts embedded in our Constitution. Go to another state, if that is what you want! | Apr-18-2013 |
| Against | Apr-16-2013 | |
| Against | "Feeding the bottomless pit of need" - this article sums it up so well!! It is in Sunday's RGJ on the opinion page. | Apr-16-2013 |
| Against | Apr-15-2013 | |
| Against | This is not the right way or the way the citizens of Washoe county can afford at this time. Anyone read the article in Sunday's (4-14-13)paper by Randi Thompson?? The schools will never and I mean never have or get enough money. I work for the state and haven't had a raise since 2005, have faced furloughs, lost longevity pay and our insurance costs have skyrocketed. This is a very bad choice since the voters voted against it a few years ago! | Apr-15-2013 |
| For | Apr-14-2013 | |
| Against | Apr-12-2013 | |
| Against | Currently, education is 38% of the state budget and 90% of the education budget is allotted to salaries and pensions. Education does not need more money. The state and counties must be more resourceful with the money they have. For example, let's tie administers' and teachers' salaries to their performance: Nevada stands 49th of 50 states yet in teacher pay we are 21st of 50 states. Why not freeze all pay and benefits at current levels and we can reassess "raises" when Nevada at least becomes 21st in education in the 50 states. As a tax payer, I think that is more-than-kind as I should insist on a cut in pay until we are given the results for which we have already paid. | Apr-11-2013 |
| Against | NO TAX HIKES CUT SPENDING OTHER WAYS | Apr-11-2013 |
| Against | Allowing a school board to impose a tax on county residents sets a dangerous precedent. This seems particularly unconstitutional/illegal/wrong when tax increases for capital improvements have been voted down in the recent past. What is the legal authority/justification for this bill? This seems an illegimate way to bypass the will of the people. If capital improvements to schools are needed, then the case should be made again to the electorate and placed on the next ballot. Should this bill pass, other boards may then demand the right to tax. How is this being addressed to ensure that taxation won't become more widespread among entities wishing more money? Please rethink this bill and vote no. | Apr-11-2013 |
| Against | The last thing our schools need is more capital improvements. Many of the schools I see are literal country clubs. The tax dollars I pay towards education already, do not appear to be improving education. Many high school "graduates" are not prepared for college level course work, and must take remedial classes first. Students are not performing to a level worthy of the money already being squeezed out of taxpayers. Obviously, this money is not being spent wisely. | Apr-11-2013 |
| Against | No new Taxes, Cut fat at the top there are plenty of positions that could be combined to reduce budget | Apr-10-2013 |
| Against | NO! Taxpayers voted against this - how dare they attempt to go through a "back door" on this!! We said NO and meant NO! | Apr-10-2013 |
| Against | Strongly opposed. | Apr-10-2013 |
| Against | Any increases in taxes should always be voted by the people and not the unions or school boards. Listen, we all have to live on a budget and that is what the school district needs to do. Cut out waste . . .not create more! | Apr-10-2013 |
| Against | Apr-10-2013 | |
| Against | I would be for it, if charter schools were included.It is not fair to charter schools parent that their schools will not benefit from their taxes. Taxes from Washoe county citizens must be spent for all Washoe schools including WCSD sponsored charter schools. | Apr-09-2013 |
| Against | I am against! | Apr-09-2013 |
| Against | Tell the school districts to start spending smartly and show accountability for their spending. We should not have to endure a tax increase because of their irresponsibility. I've talked to some of the maintainence employees and they have items in their presentation for this bill that are wish list items that could wait to be upgraded. If it isn't broken, don't fix it! | Apr-09-2013 |
| For | Apr-08-2013 | |
| Against | You will open a can of worms. The school district needs to learn how to spend it's money. The waste is out of control. There has always been funds for capital projects but it is traditionally transfered out to be used for other non essential expenses. School trustees are elected to set education policy and should not be authorized to tax the general public. | Apr-08-2013 |
| Against | Apr-08-2013 | |
| Against | We need to look for other funding for Education, ie mining tax reform and legalizing marijuana. Increasing property and sales taxes is not sufficent to cover the costs nor is it fair to those who live on a fixed income or who below the poverty line. | Apr-08-2013 |
| Against | As a High School Government teacher, and a Washoe County property owner, I adamantly oppose this legislative run-around of a Constitutional 2/3 vote requirement for new taxes. Any school board by its' mandate will obviously imopose taxes. I will support any effort to litigate this bill if it is enacted into law. | Apr-05-2013 |
| Against | Apr-04-2013 | |
| For | Apr-04-2013 | |
| Against | Apr-03-2013 | |
| Against | Apr-02-2013 | |
| Against | We don't need any more taxes!!!!! Schools already get millions of dollars in moneys. We need instead to make the school districts accountable for the money they already receive. Just throwing more money at the schools isn't going to solve anything. | Apr-01-2013 |
| For | And yes, I am an educator.I see the needs everyday. | Apr-01-2013 |
| Against | Apr-01-2013 | |
| Against | Apr-01-2013 | |
| Against | Apr-01-2013 | |
| Against | Apr-01-2013 | |
| For | I have been volunteering with The Read and Succeed Program and the schools need this tax . Nevada is at the bottom for spending on education and it shows. Vote Yes! | Mar-25-2013 |
| Against | Get rid of the teachers union and there will be plenty of money for the schools. | Mar-25-2013 |
| For | After years of budget cuts, the WCSD needs funding to maintain the schools and to keep our children safe and comfortable so that they can learn. Spending money on education, including the physical buildings etc, is the best investment we can make for our future. | Mar-24-2013 |
| Against | Absolutely not. They should not be allowed to circumvent the safeguards that are in place to protect the taxpayers from unreasonable taxes. This should not be passed. | Mar-22-2013 |
| For | Washoe County schools need financial help and they have been waiting much too long. | Mar-21-2013 |
| Against | Here we go again. Another effort to steal more money from the taxpayers by making an end run around Nevada’s two thirds vote requirement and allow a tax to be levied without the approval of the voters. I do not live in Washoe or a county that would fall within the parameters of this proposed legislation but if it happens there it can happen elsewhere. What did the school board do with the money they were supposed put aside for construction and repairs? Was this misfeasance or malfeasance in office? Perhaps if they were required to correct that action by paying for the repairs with their own money we would not see these type requests. As a voter and a taxpayer, like most I am sick and tired of these petty bureaucrats mismanaging our tax money and to the person who claims we are uninformed citizen’s, you are wrong sir or madam. We are informed. We take the time to read and comprehend the proposed legislation you try to slip by the poorly informed voters. | Mar-21-2013 |
| For | Please adequately fund schools. Our schools need valuable upgrading. I work at Clayton where the school is 50 years old in the art room that has one sink. Newer schools have five or more sinks in a room. My kiln doesn't work properly as is it turns off too soon and when I try to fire a second time for the glaze to set properly it turns to a drip down the side instead of a nice even glaze. I have no wheels for clay yet Cold Springs a newer school has two kilns that are electronic ( mine is not and is getting too hot too quickly) and two wheels. I have classes of 30 to 36 students for five periods a day. This is inadequate and I feel my students deserve just as much as other students in the district. Thank you for considering this extremely important bill 46! | Mar-21-2013 |
| For | Pat Hickey and Greg Brower, please take your responsibility to do what's right for the community seriously. Despite what usually uninformed citizens (constituents) have to say about it, you must do what is right for the kids. Everyone that is informed on this issue supports it. The need is real and this bill as a solution is very reasonable. (I am a Republican and I ask you to please vote yes on AB46). Thank you | Mar-20-2013 |
| For | My name is Gordon McGregor and I am writing to urge you to support AB 46. I teach at Sparks Middle School. My school opened in 1965, we have numerous issues with our heating, ventilation, air conditioning , and plumbing. Some class rooms are too cold while others are too warm. A building the age of ours has many other needs as well. The carpeting is worn and the student lockers in the hallways and locker rooms are original to the building and need to be replaced. We have science rooms that do not have sinks, lab stations, or demonstration tables. It’s not fair to students who are assigned to classes in rooms that are not adequately equipped, or are too cold or too hot for children to be ready to learn to the best of their ability. Washoe has twenty-seven schools that are fifty years old or older. Over half of our ninety-seven schools are over 30 years old. We need funding to meet the needs of our older buildings and to maintain our newer schools as well. Sincerely, Gordon McGregor 2161 Tangerine St. Sparks, NV 89434 | Mar-20-2013 |
| Against | How dare you give the fox a key to the hen house! Any increases in taxes should always be voted by the people and not the unions or school boards. When the Washoe County school graduates no longer take remedial classes in college, yes, 90% have to, then this issue may be discussed. | Mar-20-2013 |
| Against | Look at the waist that is generating in the WcSD. Get rid of that first. | Mar-20-2013 |
| For | Washoe County schools need to have so may upgrades and repairs to keep them functional for the next generations of students, I encourage you to pass this bill so we can move forward with the improvements and upgrades. | Mar-20-2013 |
| For | This is desperately needed in Washoe County. Please help us protect our children. | Mar-20-2013 |
| For | WCSD needs a manner to fund itself....let's get this passed. | Mar-20-2013 |
| For | Honestly, I don't know how to be nice about the school funding issue anymore. I am embarassed that our state has such little regard for education. I am ashamed to tell people that NV has some of the worst funding and as a result worst achievement. I was horrified when I moved my children here and found that the local district was teaching math 2 years behind the curriculum they were learning in Texas. At the time, my youngest child was in 2nd grade. How is it even possible that he was already 2 years ahead in math in 2nd grade? One answer: full day kindergarten in Texas. Guess what? He now has to compete with those same children for scholarships and college admission. They surely have surpassed him with TX's committment to education, which is reflected in their state's economic success. Americans want to give the best opportunities to our children, not the low end level of funding NV provides; which is evident when businesses choose to fore go the great tax benefits of our state in favor of states that value education. You are not doing our state or the children living here any favors by continually underfunding their schools and putting their safety at risk by crowding them into dilapidated buildings. If you don't support improved funding for education, including capital projects, in NV, then you need to reevaluate whether you are a good fit for the position of leader in NV. I apologize if this is overly blunt, but I have no more energy left to waste on being polite on such an important issue. My youngest is in HS, and I would like to see some resolution before he graduates. Time is running out for NV to start improving education, otherwise there will be a generation of under prepared NV citizens expected to keep this state running. Time to get it right folks! | Mar-20-2013 |
| For | It is heartening to see that the Legislature is offering a reasonable, local solution to the capital funding challenges of the Washoe County School District. The School Board will be held accountable for imposing the taxes, they are limited and focused in scope, and the valuable physical infrastructure of our schools will be properly maintained. Ultimately we all benefit from this investment. | Mar-20-2013 |
| For | Capital funding is an urgent need for WCSD! They have no source of funds for new capital projects until 2018-2020. | Mar-20-2013 |
| Against | Mar-19-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-19-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-19-2013 | |
| Against | Please stop spending the money you do not have. Planning and fiscal responsibility should be your priority before you decide to tax us more every time money runs out.. | Mar-19-2013 |
| Against | Why are we bypassing the 2/3 majority rule here. This should not be allowed to pass. Let the voters decide. | Mar-19-2013 |
| Against | No new taxes without the Peoples consent (vote of the people) | Mar-19-2013 |
| Against | Mar-17-2013 | |
| For | Mar-16-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-13-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-12-2013 | |
| Against | The more I hear about the AB 46 bill, before the Assembly Committee on Taxation, the more and more I become concerned. While I am not totally against supporting education, I am against the fact that this bill will give the Washoe County School District trustees a blank check to raise taxes anyway they see fit. Also, there will not be any ear marks for these funds so most of these funds will wind up in the teachers pension fund and Cadillac benefit packages, and in the union pockets. I am sure the unions are the biggest supporters of this bill and I don't see how it will help our kids. Also, I don't see how the Washoe County School District trustees have the right to increase taxes, I thought that was up to our elected Assemblymen and Senators. Something very wrong with this and it stinks. As time goes on I see Nevada becoming more like California and this is one of the reasons I left 40 years ago. I am retired and on a fixed income and won't be able to afford my already ridiculous property taxes and will be forced to to sell my home and move to a mobile home in the north valleys if they increase any more. Please do not vote for this terrible bill, and ask your colleagues in the Senate and Assembly to join you. Thank you for your support and time. Jim Lovell | Mar-12-2013 |
| Against | As a longtime employee of WCSD, I witnessed many years of indifference toward maintenance and budgets slashed yearly. When bond issues were passed for maintenance needs, the WCSD first created a bloated, overpaid "bonds department" to oversee the funds, and money was wasted on projects that had little or no bearing on school maintenance. Now they say the cupboard is empty. Or is it? Less than a month ago, I saw a WCSD operational report buried in the back pages of the Reno Gazette-Journal that showed a balance of 150 million dollars in the Capital Improvement Fund. I don't consider this an empty cupboard. I urge a NO vote on this end-run money-grab attempt. | Mar-07-2013 |
| Against | Giving Washoe County School Board free-reign to increase sales ans property tax provides no limitation on their budget. This bill acts as a blank check to the school district and does not restrict the use of funds sufficiently. I am surprised legislators did not see this and retain control of tax authority. I also see no compunction for WCSD to improve their budget process to prevent this from happening in the future. | Mar-06-2013 |
| Against | Mar-06-2013 | |
| Against | You can give the school district a trillion dollars and they will come back crying for more when they wastefully spend it. No more money for the school district. Let them be smart with the money they have now. | Mar-06-2013 |
| Against | Mar-01-2013 | |
| Against | Aren't we taxed enough already? 'Budgeting' is not a curse word. I have to do it every month. So should our schools. | Feb-28-2013 |
| Against | Feb-28-2013 | |
| Against | Feb-28-2013 | |
| Against | This is a clear attempt to bypass the requirement two-thirds requirement for a tax increase. I am disappointed that the men and women who were elected to represent the people of this Nevada are trying to find ways to circumvent a law. What happened to intergity in our legislature. | Feb-28-2013 |
| Against | Schools have plenty of money already and need to weed out waste and duplication and top-heavy administrations in their spending. This terrible economy is not the time for more taxes; we are struggling to pay sales and property taxes that are too high already. | Feb-27-2013 |
| Against | Feb-26-2013 | |
| Against | All tax increases must pass with a two-thirds vote in the Nevada Legislature per the Nevada Constitution. This bill is an end run around our constitution. | Feb-26-2013 |
| Against | No new taxes without the statutory taxpayer authority! | Feb-26-2013 |
| Against | If you people pass this bill it would like giving a cookie jar to a child,they will never have enough money like they never have and they will raise it every year. I will never vote for anyone again who votes this bill in. | Feb-26-2013 |
| Against | Until the economy really improves, we should limit the amount of taxes everyone pays. More money for schools is nice, but at the cost of the public that is still trying to fight out of money trouble, is not the correct way to do it. This bill should be removed and resubmitted during the next legislative session. | Feb-26-2013 |
| Against | If state law requires a 60% vote to increase taxes, then it would seem that only the legislature has this authority. Any delegation of such power to a school board would seem to be an unlawful delegation, which would not be cured by requiring 60$% of the school board to so vote. | Feb-25-2013 |
| Against | This must not pass! There are two items that scare me the most. 1. What counties will be next? 2. Exempting tax from statutory "limitation" is like an open checkbook. | Feb-25-2013 |
| Against | Since this bill revises the State Constitution's provision requiring a 2/3 vote of the Legislature to raise taxes this needs to be put before the voters. It is my understanding that a change of the State Constitution required approval by two Legislative sessions and then approval by the voters. Stop trying to circumvent the provisions of the State Constitution and do your jobs. | Feb-25-2013 |
| Against | Feb-24-2013 | |
| Against | Why are you circumventing the constitutional requirement for a 2/3rds vote of the Legislature for any tax or fee increase? | Feb-24-2013 |
| Against | This is the last thing we need in our economy that is just starting to recover! | Feb-24-2013 |
| Against | Feb-23-2013 | |
| Against | Should be put on the ballot and let voters decide. School board members weren't elected to raise taxes. | Feb-22-2013 |
| For | Washoe County schools are in desperate need of this money. We need to invest in our schools as a vital part of creating and maintaining a healthy economy | Feb-22-2013 |
| For | I am for the bill BUT I think It should have a sunset clause so this dosen't end us funding other things as the years go on. | Feb-21-2013 |
| Against | The state legislature has the duty and responsibility to vote on tax increases with a requirement of 2/3 rds majority. If this bill is passed you would circumvent to vote of the people to require that majority and be abdacating your resposibilty to the county. To say the least this would be bad politics. Do not let the counties exceded the statutory limitation onf the total ad valorem tax levy or increase any other tax expecially if it becomes the decision of the county as to which tax and how much. Maintain control of taxes where it belongs which is with you and the requirement for a 2/3 majority. | Feb-21-2013 |
| Against | My payroll tax just went up and now I have less money for food and gas and the price of fuel has gone up over thiry cents a gallon in the last two weeks. The cost of our health insurance is starting to sky rocket and I am not sure if I will be able to pay for it, and know the county wants more money out of my pocket to pay for someone elses kids, some who can't even pay to fix a bag lunch for the kids they have and now I have to pay taxes so the school district can feed them when they show up at school. When is enough a enough taxes are not the cure but our the problem. The schools that have been built in Washoe County with tax payer money in the last fifteen years should have been payed for by the developers of the large subdivisons, instead they filled there pockets with large amounts of money and we are left to pay the bill in the way of bonds.Who is going to feed me when I no longer have any money left becouse government has taken all I have. Someone needs to let the head of the school bord know that not everyone makes over 100,000 a year like he does. Is he willing to take a pay cut to help out with this crises? | Feb-21-2013 |
| Against | OUR PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX ARE ALREADY TO HIGH IN WASHOE COUNTY, WE HAVE JUST LOST OUR FEDERAL PAYROLL TAX HOLIDAY. AND THE PRICE OF GAS JUST WENT UP AGAIN. HOW DO YOU EXPECT THE PEOPLE TO KEEP PAYING HIGH TAXES? IN OUR HOME WE ALREADY PAY $1,700.00 A YEAR IN PROPERTY TAX TOWARD THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHILDREN AND NOW WASHOE COUNTY WANTS MORE. HOW COME THE SCHOOLS HAVE NOT BEEN DOING MAINTANCE ON THE SCHOOLS ON A YEARLY BASIS BUT INSTEAD HAVE WAITED YEARS TO MAKE REPAIRS AT TODAYS HIGHER COSTS. IF THE STATE HAS MONEY LEFT OVER AT THE END OF THE YEAR THEY SPEND IT WHEN THEY SHOULD SAVE IT IN A RAINY DAY ACCOUNT.WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE CAN'T PAY OUR TAXES AND FEED OURSELFS WILL YOU THEN COME AND TAKE OUR HOMES? | Feb-21-2013 |
| Against | Feb-20-2013 | |
| Against | WCSD already collects a large percent of taxes collected in this county. I would think with good business practices, upkeep & repair of schools can be accomplished within the current dollars collected. I honestly believe this is a backdoor way of collecting more funds to help support the unfunded liabilities that WCSD has. If they need more funds have they considered sell property they own such as land that houses old schools not in use. The 2/3 majority provision to raise taxes was added to prevent bureacratic games such as this & to protect tax payers from large special interest groups such as Teachers Unions. THIS IS JUST A BACKDOOR WAY OF FUNDING THEIR RETIREMENT SYSTEM. | Feb-20-2013 |
| Against | The school board shouldn't have any more power or have authority to raise taxes. The taxes are high enough now. | Feb-20-2013 |
| Against | Feb-20-2013 | |
| Against | Items like this should be planned for and funded in the regular school budget. There should not be special funding for things that should be taken care of regularly. This would be like me asking my employer for more money because the roof at my house is leaking and needs to be replaced. Washoe county school district should use the current funding they get and deal with these issues. No special funding should be required. There has to be a point where the government stops asking for more money and just deals with what they have now like the rest of us. Thanks. | Feb-20-2013 |
| Against | taxation without representation, is illegal. I dont vote for anyone on the school boards who are they to have the right to raise our sales tax and property tax. what appened to 75 million already allocated? NO NO NO | Feb-20-2013 |
| Against | not cool, without us voting on this!! | Feb-20-2013 |
| Against | ILLEGAL FORMAT TO TAX TO DEATH TO LEGAL RESIDENT CITIZENS WHO ARE BARELY OUT OF THE HOUSING RECESSION. WHAT NEXT, TAX HOME OWNERS TO RAISE TAXES TO GIVE PAY INCREASES TO TEACHERS. WHO WORK BARELY 9 MONTHS A YEAR? | Feb-20-2013 |
| Against | Our initial reaction was favorable to AB 46, however, because the devil is in the details, we are now opposed. Under no circumstances should the School Trustee's become a taxing authority. | Feb-20-2013 |
| Against | This is the wrong time to provide funding to school with the economy. People who don't have children should not have to pay taxes to help schools. This should be voted on by the people. | Feb-20-2013 |
| Against | Do NOT support AB46. I certainly cannot support you if you do. AB46 is wrong on so many levels it does not warrant debate. Vote NO on AB46. | Feb-20-2013 |
| Against | the School Districts have squandered money for years and misappropriated it for years and now they want the overburdened tax payer to pay for their mismanagement. How can they expect us to trust them to appropriate funds to themselves. Please do not consider this bill. | Feb-20-2013 |
| For | No on our watch!!!!!!!!!!! | Feb-20-2013 |
| Against | You are skirting the Nevada constitution. This bill is wrong. The voters are to decide if a tax increase is justified. | Feb-20-2013 |
| Against | No thanks. I do not need a 20 year tax. This new source of revenue will be used in place of current funding sources with the original amount likely shifted to other government projects. There is no language in the bill to prevent a shell game with our money. | Feb-20-2013 |
| Against | Feb-19-2013 | |
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| Against | I am against this bill. I already having hard time paying my bills. I also think that this bill could slow the economy specially as it relates to sales tax. | Feb-19-2013 |
| Against | Maybe Washoe County could just bill Clark County- I do not think they would like that. This is just a scam to get around the 2/3 majority for a tax increase. | Feb-19-2013 |
| Against | The WCSD is very waseteful in their use of energy and resources.I have seen this first hand in my neighborhood and when my kids were in school.And when you go to point it out to them they point fingers at the City of Reno,or the mayor or anyone to deflect blame from themselves.I believe this school district needs an independent energy auditor,or whatever you call it to crack down on their wasteful,cavalier,attitude toward the use of taxpayer provided resources for our kids.In other words, too many administrators and principals just don't give a damn.So I say,until they clean up their act,and learn good husbandry of TAXPAYER provided funds, not one dime! | Feb-19-2013 |
| Against | SHOULD BE DECIDED BY WASHOE CUNTY RESIDENTS | Feb-19-2013 |
| For | seems to be only way we can do necessary repairs to some of the schools and if we have to spend money we may as well spend it putting people to work so everyone can benefit from it. No one WANTS more taxes, but at least the money would be re-cycled through our economy. | Feb-19-2013 |
| Against | Why is that the democrat's only solution to educational funding is more money through higher taxes? A small percentage here, a small percentage there. Pretty soon we'll wind up like California! | Feb-19-2013 |
| For | Feb-19-2013 | |
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| For | Feb-19-2013 | |
| Against | Please do not impose another sales tax on retailers which consumers will pay. Also, don’t impose a new property tax in Washoe County . Why are you exempting the property tax from the existing limit? We can’t afford more taxes! | Feb-19-2013 |
| Against | We are already underemployed in this state and our retirees, middle class and poor can't afford more taxes. It is unfair to tax homeowners then raise the Washoe County tax. Why not just raise the Washoe County tax and leave homeowners who are struggling alone. Thanks so much. I am against AB46 and I hope you will be as well. | Feb-18-2013 |
| For | Feb-18-2013 | |
| For | I think we should not have to chose between putting a teacher in the class room and making necessary building repairs. | Feb-18-2013 |
| Against | Great for Carson City, but lousy legislation! What part of Taxed Enough Already don't you guys get? #1 This will cause Reno Folks to buy cars and other high ticket items in Carson City... The new freeway makes the trip a breeze. #2 Legislation that applies to only one county or city is certainly NOT what the authors of the Nevada Constitution envisioned. If it is NOT against the Constitution, it sure as heck should be! | Feb-18-2013 |
| For | We are willing to share this burden and keep the investment in the schools maintained. | Feb-18-2013 |
| For | Feb-18-2013 | |
| Against | No more Taxes | Feb-18-2013 |
| Against | Levy the tax against the parents of the children going to those schools. My property taxes are already high enough with more than a quarter paying for schools. | Feb-18-2013 |
| For | This bill supports our schools with taxes that all citizens pay. I will support any bill that all citizens contribute to... not just small business or special groups. | Feb-18-2013 |
| Against | PLEASE DO NOT IMPOSE ANOTHER SALES TAX ON RETAILERS WHICH CONSUMERS WILL PAY. NOW I KNOW WHY YOU ARE PROPOSING A NEW TAX IN WASHOE COUNTY BECAUSE A 5CENT TAX DOES NOT FIT. WE CANNOT AFFORD NEW TAXES...... | Feb-18-2013 |
| Against | Any bill that incrweases property taxes in Nevada should be soundly defeated. The homeowners of Nevada can no longer carry the burden of the transient population. If taxes are to be raised to support education or any other state funded programs those taxes should be taxes that affect all Nevadans equally and not single out property owners. There must be a fairness applied to the permanent residents of this state who already pay more than their fair share. | Feb-18-2013 |
| Against | Feb-18-2013 | |
| Against | I don't believe our schools need more money. However, I do believe they need to start using the funding that is already available, wisely. Unitl I see a change in the wisdom of how my tax dollars are spent, I will not support any increase in taxes. | Feb-18-2013 |
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| For | Feb-18-2013 | |
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| For | We need to provide safe and adequate schools for our children. There are heating and cooling issues at many schools, as well as buildings that do not provide an environment in which children can focus on education. | Feb-18-2013 |
| For | This is a school tax I support. | Feb-18-2013 |
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| For | Feb-18-2013 | |
| Against | The school districts needs to make priority's on there spending. We already pay enough taxes on our properties and state sales tax. Have no more to give. | Feb-18-2013 |
| Against | Feb-18-2013 | |
| For | It is imperative that funding is available to the school districts for the purpose of capital projects in order to maintain our schools and provide children with safe and successful learning environment. | Feb-18-2013 |
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| Against | NO NEW TAXES in any county. | Feb-18-2013 |
| Against | School districts waste too much money. Make them tighten their budgets first before we tax an already overtaxed public. Thank you. | Feb-17-2013 |
| Against | The proposed new tax is badly conceived and written. I agree that a new sales tax of ¼ of 1 percent of the gross receipts of retailers to be deposited with/in the school districts fund for capital projects (buildings)is fair to all citizens and necessary, with an eye to the future to make badly needed repairs to the infrastructure. I believe imposing this on retailers spreads the tax burden on all of us evenly. All Counties, regardless of size (population 1 to 1,000,000,000 should pay this tax. Don't the smaller Counties also have the huge burden of maintenance on their school buildings? Why is Las Vegas exempted from this tax bill? Don't they have schools there? Don't they have businesses there? Why are they not being taxes appropriately? I don't object to paying a small additional tax when I purchase things to fund our school district's needs. However, this bill then taxes property owners AGAIN, and unfairly (double taxation) as it also imposes a new property tax at the rate of 5 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation. This new property tax is exempt from the existing limit of $3.64 per $100, violating the law about a ceiling on property taxes. This is just immoral. Vote NO on the bill AB46 as it is proposed and WRITE IT CORRECTLY!!! | Feb-17-2013 |
| For | We need to get this passed for the sake of our children and the economy of this state. We have to start valuing education. | Feb-17-2013 |
| Against | Vote NO! No new taxes. No more taxes, period! | Feb-17-2013 |
| Against | Please do not raise our taxes (this will be passed on to consumers) and this is an attempt to raise property taxes over what is currently allowed. We fund education enough. | Feb-17-2013 |
| Against | It's for the kids, right? WRONG. The kids won't see a dime in the way of a better education. No new taxes. Businesses don't pay taxes, we the people do, by the way of higher prices. Every legislature it's the same game played. Find another way to screw the taxpayer and claim it's for the kids. I'm sick of it. | Feb-17-2013 |
| Against | Please no more taxation. Let's live with what we have and look for ways to reduce spending & taxes. | Feb-17-2013 |
| Against | Feb-17-2013 | |
| Against | Feb-17-2013 | |
| Against | This bill adds a new sales tax of ¼ of 1 percent of the gross receipts of retailers to deposit in the school districts fund for capital projects (buildings). The proponents are imposing this on retailers because without a vote of the people they can’t change the regular sales tax, but the public will pay it just the same. It also imposes a new property tax at the rate of 5 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation. This new property tax is exempt from the existing limit of $3.64 per $100. Why have a limit if you are going to pass new taxes and exempt them from the limit? | Feb-17-2013 |
| Against | We do not need more taxes. We need more control of wasteful spending. | Feb-17-2013 |
| Against | The good news is, this is GREAT for Carson City. With the new I-580 from Reno, it's only 10-15 minutes to "drive a little more and save a lot money." We can use the extra business that any tax differential is sending our way. The bad news is, of course, if Reno gets away with this, the others will also try it sooner or later. What part of T.E.A. don't people understand??? You couldn't have forgotten already, could you, that it means Taxed Enough Already. What part of basic economics don't people understand? Businesses don't ever pay taxes, their customers do -- or else they don't won't stay in business very long. How do I get to submit a BDR -- to make sure a LIMIT is a LIMIT, no exceptions. I am retired and struggling to learn how to get by on a small fixed income. To me any property tax, and any hike in the property tax, looks like extortion by your friendly neighborhood mafia protection service. I am looking for tax RELIEF, not a tax HIKE; I am looking for government to shrink, to be more efficient and cheaper, not to grow and become more and more expensive, no matter what good reasons one can cite. | Feb-17-2013 |
| Against | Government corrpution at it's finest, looking for ways to get around tax limits without a vote of the poeple. If it can happen in Washoe county, our corrupt officials will be knocking on your door and tapping into your wallet next. | Feb-17-2013 |
| Against | Please let us first dig out of the financial problems the majority of Nevadans have faced over the past five years. Although slowly, some of us are going back to work or getting small cost of living raises for the first time in years. Just as we start get our heads ever so slightly above water the school districts want to shove us back under. Give it a rest! I realize schools need maintenance, but so do my aging roof, car, and appliances. Please let us get dug out first. We the tax payers have a long slog ahead of us and for once I want to be taken care of first. | Feb-16-2013 |
| Against | What is wrong with you people? We are taxed enough!! How do you think people can continue to pay the increases in taxes at every level? A retail tax will be passed on because business can't afford to pay it. It is time you all start looking at ways to cut spending, we have had to in our own homes. | Feb-16-2013 |
| For | Feb-16-2013 | |
| For | Our schools have a huge backlog of deferred maintenance, many buildings and building systems that have reached the end of their service life. I believe that the key component to investment in our community is investment in education. That investment includes facilities that communicate that commitment and foster learning rather than distract from it. If we want growth in our community, schools have got to be a priority. If the buildings look poor and old, it will be hard to convince a visitor that the education is quality. | Feb-15-2013 |
| For | Feb-15-2013 | |
| For | Feb-15-2013 | |
| For | We need to ensure the environment for our students in the Washoe County School District is safe, functional and conducive to learning. Tape and bailing wire does not repair our school facilities. We need your support to repair and maintain our facilities. | Feb-15-2013 |
| For | We have neglected our schools for far too long. All of my kids have finished their K-12 education, but I feel strongly that education is the ultimate investment for our state's future. | Feb-15-2013 |
| For | Our schools have a huge backlog of deferred maintenance, many out-dated buildings and too many temporary facilities that have become permanent. I believe that the key component to investment in our community is investment in education. That investment includes facilities that communicate that commitment and foster learning rather than distract. If we want growth in our community, schools have got to be a priority. If the buildings look poor and old, it will be hard to convince a visitor that the education is quality. | Feb-15-2013 |
| For | It is essential to the health, safety and welfare of our children that this bill be considered and passed, thank you. | Feb-15-2013 |
| Against | money has never solved the school problem, privatize it, take it out of government hands, our children will bloom, and it will prosper | Feb-15-2013 |
| For | Feb-14-2013 | |
| For | Feb-14-2013 | |
| For | We have an investment to protect in our WCSD buildings, a small problem today is a major repair in the future. | Feb-14-2013 |
| For | WC schools are in desperate need of improvements. | Feb-14-2013 |
| For | As a parent and concerned citizen, we need to bring our schools up to safety and security standards that we would expect if we were going to school. | Feb-14-2013 |
| For | Please help our school district fund needed upgrades to our local schools. These are taxpayer assets that require maintenance, upgrades and responsible politicians. | Feb-14-2013 |
| For | This funding source is critical for Washoe County schools. Many of our schools have countless needs for improvement and the district does not have any revenue source available for years to come. As a parent of a third grader in Washoe County, I feel is it very important to do more to improve the facilities our children utilize to make them cleaner, safer and better. | Feb-14-2013 |
| For | Every school district in Nevada has some way to pay for school improvements, except Washoe County. Give them some way to keep up their older schools so that they are at least on an equal footing with everyone else. | Feb-11-2013 |
| For | Feb-05-2013 | |
| For | This bill must be passed to maintain the schools in Washoe County at there current level. If it is not there will be no funding other than taking money out of the classrooms. It is about time a District is trying to be responsible and produce a funding source for maintaining taxpayers assets. | Jan-31-2013 |
| Against | should go for a public vote before passed | Jan-31-2013 |
| For | Having lived in many places around the country, I am appalled at the education funding in Nevada. Though my family loves the area, the amount of money that goes towards our children's education is abysmal. Not that throwing an endless supply of money at the problem is the solution, but increasing the amount of money per pupil and giving them a safe environment to learn should be a priority. I currently work in Human Resources and have a very difficult time finding qualified, educated candidates in the area. When we do expand our search, potential candidates find out about the poorly rated schools in Reno, and then we lose them. I am part of this community and fully support contributing to our children's education. Without a more educated region we will never be able to compete with a more vastly educated world. | Jan-29-2013 |
| For | My wife and I fully support AB46, primarily because we have 3 kids in the WCSD system but also for all the students in Washoe County. We own one rental property and are about to close on a primary residence for ourselves. We support both the (very minor)increases in property and sales taxes. Successful states like Texas (also without an income tax) employ much higher property taxes to fund K-12 and higher education. Texas has been very successful at drawing companies to their state. Nevada can do the same if we focus on education and generate homegrown scholars. Please, we are willing to pay a bit more for the good of our students and our county's education system. Please vote YES on AB46! | Jan-29-2013 |
| Against | No Thank you very much | Jan-25-2013 |
| Against | If you look at the line items the school district is wanting to spend money on there are up to four of the same item. Allot of the elementary schools have been remodeled to the tune of 2.5 million per school and yet there are the same jobs already done. I for one do not agree that the people of Washoe County should be without a vote. Go to http://www.washoe.k12.nv.us/community/legislative-session/schoolneeds?_lang=en to see the districts projected jobs and budget. | Jan-22-2013 |
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