San Diego County Taxpayers Association Names New CEO
The San Diego County Taxpayers Association Friday named management consultant and former Navy officer Haney Hong as president and CEO. Hong, who will start next week, takes over for Theresa Andrews,...
View ArticleGOP-Allied Group Cautions on Republican’s ‘Rebuild San Diego’ Plan
Updated at 9:50 p.m. Jan. 26, 2016 An influential taxpayers group has taken a skeptical look at San Diego Councilman Mark Kersey’s “Rebuild San Diego” ballot proposal to pay for billions in city...
View ArticleSan Diego County Taxpayers Association Names New CEO
The San Diego County Taxpayers Association Friday named management consultant and former Navy officer Haney Hong as president and CEO. Hong, who will start next week, takes over for Theresa Andrews,...
View ArticleGOP-Allied Group Cautions on Republican’s ‘Rebuild San Diego’ Plan
Updated at 9:50 p.m. Jan. 26, 2016 An influential taxpayers group has taken a skeptical look at San Diego Councilman Mark Kersey’s “Rebuild San Diego” ballot proposal to pay for billions in city...
View ArticleDesalination Plant Gets Taxpayers ‘Golden Watchdog’ Award
The San Diego County Water Authority and Poseidon Water won the Grand Golden Watchdog award Thursday at the San Diego County Taxpayers Association‘s 21st annual Goldens Dinner. The regional water...
View ArticleTaxpayers Group Backs Sales-Tax Hike for $18B in Transit Repairs
The San Diego County Taxpayers Association on Wednesday endorsed a November ballot measure to raise the region’s sales tax by a half-cent to pay for infrastructure projects. The San Diego County Road...
View ArticleTaxpayers Association Opposes Ballot Measure for Downtown Stadium
The influential San Diego County Taxpayers Association announced Monday its opposition to the San Diego Chargers‘ ballot measure to use hotel tax revenue to build a new downtown football stadium. The...
View ArticleTaxpayers Association Backs All But 2 School Bond Measures
Besides advising voters to oppose a hotel tax for a downtown stadium, the San Diego County Taxpayers Association has taken a stand on about 20 other other local and state ballot measures. On Monday,...
View ArticleTaxpayers Group Backs Sales-Tax Hike for $18B in Transit Repairs
The San Diego County Taxpayers Association on Wednesday endorsed a November ballot measure to raise the region’s sales tax by a half-cent to pay for infrastructure projects. The San Diego County Road...
View ArticleTaxpayers Association Opposes Ballot Measure for Downtown Stadium
The influential San Diego County Taxpayers Association announced Monday its opposition to the San Diego Chargers‘ ballot measure to use hotel tax revenue to build a new downtown football stadium. The...
View ArticleTaxpayers Association Backs All But 2 School Bond Measures
Besides advising voters to oppose a hotel tax for a downtown stadium, the San Diego County Taxpayers Association has taken a stand on about 20 other other local and state ballot measures. On Monday,...
View ArticleReport: SANDAG Didn’t Mean to Deceive Public in Tax Increase Measure
Results of an investigation into the San Diego Association of Governments‘ over-estimation of revenues from a tax increase measure showed “no intent or deliberate effort” to deceive the public or the...
View ArticleOpinion: Community Choice Energy a Luxury Amid San Diego’s Poverty and...
The unending quest to solve our “first world problems” here in San Diego leaves some of our very own living in “third world conditions.” Take, for instance, this brewing conversation on something...
View ArticleBusiness, Labor Urge ‘No’ on 2020 Ballot Measure Limiting Housing in Rural Areas
Business and labor leaders called on San Diegans to vote “no” on a March 2020 ballot initiative that would require voter approval for county general plan amendments that increase housing density in the...
View ArticleOpinion: Not All School Bond Issues on March Ballot Get a Passing Grade
With all the hubbub around the impeachment and elections at the national level, it is easy to forget about serious — and possibly more important — issues at the local level. As a soon-to-be-father, I...
View ArticleTaxpayers Association Opposes Measure A in Voter Guide to March 3 Primary
The San Diego County Taxpayers Association recommended a “no” vote on rural land-use planning Measure A and took positions on other ballot initiatives in its guide to the March 2020 primary released...
View ArticleOpinion: In the War Against COVID-19, All Victories Will Be Local
Legendary House Speaker Thomas “Tip” O’Neil famously observed that “all politics is local.” Unfortunately, we’re forgetting that right now as we fixate on the words coming out of President Trump’s...
View ArticleSan Diego County Coronavirus Developments on Thursday, April 9
Here is a list of the major developments in the coronavirus epidemic facing San Diego County, updated at 8:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 9. • There have been 1,628 cases and 40 deaths among San Diego...
View ArticleSan Diego County Coronavirus Developments on Thursday, May 21
Here is a list of the major developments in the coronavirus epidemic facing San Diego County, updated at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 21. • There have been 6,315 cases and 241 deaths among San Diego...
View ArticleSan Diego vs. Escondido for Golden Watchdog Honors by Taxpayers Association
Which city program — San Diego’s or Escondido’s — did the most to protect or advance the interests of taxpayers over the past year? The San Diego County Taxpayers Association will reveal the answer...
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