1998 Fall Bulletin
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS STRIP TAXPAYERS OF CONTROL OVER LOCAL SPENDING, DEBT AND TAXES
Two
constitutional amendments that will be on the November ballot in
Virginia pose an unprecedented danger to voter control over local
spending, debt, and taxes. The specific questions that will appear on
the ballot are as follows:…Shall the Constitution of Virginia be amended to
authorize agreements among localities for sharing the revenues and
costs of a specified land area and establishing a special governing
body for the area, and to ... Read more
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1998 Summer Bulletin
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DEMOCRATS UNDERMINE GOVERNOR GILMORE'S CAR TAX RELIEF
The
budget bill signed by Governor Jim Gilmore on April 14, 1998 presents a
good news/bad news situation for Virginia taxpayers. The good news is
that Virginians will get some measure of the car tax relief they
demanded in last year's elections. The bad news is that the Herculean
efforts exerted by some legislators to derail car tax relief resulted
in a final budget that contains watered down tax relief offset by
unnecessary new ... Read more
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1998 Spring Bulletin
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"In spite of attempts by the former County Executive, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget and perhaps some members of the Board to eliminate the function in the budget
process for Fiscal Year 1997, the audit function has been established and a new auditor is in place."
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