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Sounds like they were anti-tax Grover Norquist Chamber of Commerce types: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/douglas-county-court-strikes-down-
by 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.