Marin Coalition Presents: “Marin’s Dilemma – Service Cuts or Tax Hikes”
When: Wednesday April 4, 2018; 11:15 a.m.
Where: The Club at McInnis Park Golf Center, 350 Smith Ranch Rd., San Rafael
Speakers:
- Mimi Willard — Founder of the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers.
- Leslie Lundgren Harlander — President of the Board of Trustees of the Tamalpais Union High School District.
Marin taxpayer-voters face higher taxes/fees and/or threatened service cuts from almost all local agencies and districts. Schools are squeezed by rising costs (particularly state-mandated increased pension contributions). In 2018, voters will consider ballot measures to raise bridge toll; increase sales taxes; and increase parcel taxes in Dixie School District and Tamalpais Union High School District (serving all of southern Marin — Redwood, Tam, and Drake). Some districts are planning service cuts, e.g., Novato Unified and Tam Union. School and other essential service funding could improve if commercial properties pay more, via alternative parcel tax structures and/or a 2018 ballot initiative to change proposition 13. Mimi Willard, President of the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers, will discuss how all this could play out in Marin.
Kahl Consultants supports Marin Coalition! For more details, please visit Marin Coalition. Here’s a video from their March event.
Alex Kahl is an experienced international consultant, software developer, and technical project manager with a deep background in environmental auditing and green financing. In 1996, he founded Kahl Consultants, a solar-powered, certified green agency providing eco-friendly web development and digital marketing services to small businesses and nonprofits. Beyond his professional work, he is a dedicated community leader in Marin County who organizes the monthly Marin Green Drinks mixer and volunteers for local environmental restoration projects.