30 Jan
My Letter to the City Councils
I felt compelled to speak up about the proposed tax increase that is posted below. The following was a letter addressed the members of both city councils and was distributed as a press release.
Dear City Council Member,
I am addressing you today on behalf of the Nevada Independent Conservatives political action committee. I read in the Reno Gazette Journal earlier today that both the Reno and Sparks city councils intend to ask our legislature for a city only sales tax increase to fund new police officers. While we understand the need more police officers, we would like to strongly discourage you from doing so.
This request sounds an awful lot like the same request you made on the November 7 election ballot. If my memory serves me, we gave you our answer then and it was a very clear “no”. Now it would appear that you have decided to circumnavigate the voters and go to the legislature. It would be my hope that the legislature would deny your request, since the voters have already denied it. We are asking you not to take it that far. We hope you will respect the will of the voters and find a different source of funds for the police officers you seek.
Sincerely,
Todd Zuccato
Executive Director
NICPAC