Voters on Tuesday rejected several measures that would have imposed additional taxes on residents and businesses.
Massachusetts voters approved Question 1, which repeals the gas tax indexing to inflation. Fifty-three percent voted in favor of eliminating that indexing.
Nevada voters rejected a two percent margin tax on businesses that, if passed, would be used for public schools. Eighty percent voted no on the new tax.
The Nevada State Education Association supported Question 3. On Election Day the NSEA tweetedout, “Yes on Question 3, if not now, when?” They linked to a cartoon on their Facebook page thatsaid, “No matter how you slice it, we need more pie.”
Nevada voters rejected their need for “more pie,” as did the Nevada AFL-CIO, which opposed the new tax.
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We need to do a Question 1 like initiative here. Bypass the Democrats in the state legislature that would oppose it.
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Wicomico county voters spoke loud and clear...not just with who they elected, but also with the low number of votes, comparatively speaking, for an unapproved incumbent member (low satisfaction). I hope that Bob Culver goes in and cleans house on the administrative side. Not doing so is always the Achilles heel of newly seated officials who try so hard to change the hearts and minds of those who are already part of the problem, that time and energy is diverted from getting the important work they were elected for done. He needs a team that really works for him and the vision that he was elected to advance. I hope that he will quickly amend the budget to defund waste and stupidity (stop the bleeding) and then start near year with a zero based budget (the count does not have a calendar budget year, so there are about 8 months to go with this one). Go, Bob. Congratulations. Please don't let us down.
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