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Bruce Named “Citizen Advocate” of the Year

Bruce was recently named California’s citizen advocate of the year from the prestigious Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. He was recognized for the work accomplished as the President of the Sacramento Taxpayers Association (SacTax). Under Bruce’s leadership SacTax achieved a number of majors policy wins for the great citizens of the Sacramento region. These included: MeasureContinue reading “Bruce Named “Citizen Advocate” of the Year”

Transportation Ignores the People … Higher Taxes, Now? … Really??

This article first appeared in California Political Review on 7/2/20. Hey, are you aware of the half-cent sales tax increase proposed for Sacramento County on the November ballot to raise $8.4 billion over the next forty years for transportation purposes? It would make the countywide tax a whopping 9.25% – higher than 88 percent ofContinue reading “Transportation Ignores the People … Higher Taxes, Now? … Really??”

Sacramento Transit Authority, This is No Time to Move Ahead with a Tax Increase

Here’s an excerpt from an article Bruce wrote as the President of the Sacramento Taxpayers Association, as published in Fox and Hounds: Over the last month, the country has come to a complete standstill.  In early March, at least ten California counties, including Sacramento, ordered their residents to “shelter in place” due to COVID-19: noContinue reading “Sacramento Transit Authority, This is No Time to Move Ahead with a Tax Increase”