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it drives me nuts and is completely at odds with the "liberal" values here

• Apocryphon 4y ago
  Sounds like they were anti-tax Grover Norquist Chamber of Commerce types: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/douglas-county-court-strikes-down-washington-states-new-capital-gains-tax/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/douglas-c... > The plaintiffs — which include owners of farmland and the Washington Farm Bureau — argued that the new law imposes among other things a tax on income. > the Opportunity for All Coalition, which has advocated against the capital gains tax, applauded the ruling You can find them in the bluest of places: https://ballotpedia.org/San_Francisco,_California,_Proposition_G,_Parcel_Tax_for_the_San_Francisco_Unified_School_District_(June_2018) https://ballotpedia.org/San_Francisco,_California,_Propositi... > The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association filed a lawsuit against the city and county in August 2018 stating that the commercial rent tax for childcare initiative did not receive sufficient votes. > Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association President Jonathan Coupal said the group was prepared to sponsor an initiative to require a two-thirds supermajority vote of the people for local tax increases for specific purposes. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-sued-for-certifying-education-tax-measure-13582122.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-sued-for... > A group of property owners has sued Oakland over the City Council’s certification of a tax measure that failed to reach a standard two-thirds threshold at the polls in November > The lawsuit was filed Friday in Alameda County Superior Court by half a dozen homeowners and landlords as well as the Jobs and Housing Coalition, a group that lobbies City Hall on behalf of businesses and developers.