The plan will be on the November ballot for the voters to decide its fate. If the voters approve this tax increase in November it would be the single largest tax increase in the state. Alaska Alaskans for Property Tax Reform have successfully gained a place for AS 29.455.110 on the upcoming November 2000 state ballot. If passed the Municipal Property Taxation and Assessment Act will guarantee that property owners should not be subjected to continuing large increases in taxes or assessments . Property owners in Alaska deserve a tax break.
Taxes are already too high, especially property taxes.
Why should taxpayers be penalized even more because they want to live up to the American dream of owning a home, stated Grover G. Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. The campaign needs to gain 230,000 signatures to succeed in putting the act on a state ballot, which if passed would repeal the state personal and corporate income tax over four years and ensure that any future tax increases be approved by the people at the ballot box. The act would also make way for voluntary pledges to repeal the federal income tax and replace it with a federal sales tax be placed next to a candidates name on ballot papers. Oregon Oregon Taxpayers United are spearheading an attack on the tax and spend policies of Governor John Kitzhaber. Led by Executive Director Bill Sizemore the group has gathered in excess of 130,000 signatures to gain places on the upcoming November ballot for several tax-cutting proposals.