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U.S. Congress District 2 Candidates Forum 7 p.m. on Zoom | Monday, February 12 This Q&A webinar, hosted by the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers, provides an excellent opportunity to learn about the candidates running for the United States Congress District 2 seat. Hear from incumbent Congressman Jared Huffman and challengers Chris Coulombe and Tief Gibbs […]
This Q&A webinar hosted by the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers provides an excellent opportunity to learn about the two candidates running for the Marin County Board of Supervisors District 4 seat. Hear from incumbent Supervisor Dennis Rodoni and candidate Francis Drouillard. Voters will receive ballots by mail in early February for the March 5 election. […]
CO$T hosts a Zoom Forum featuring candidates for the upcoming District 2 Supervisor seat in Marin County.
Defeat Unfair Tam Union Measure A CO$T ANNOUNCES INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT TAMALPAIS UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT’S $1 BILLION TAX ON MARCH 2024 BALLOT Get Involved! A campaign committed to defeating TUHSD’s unfair and unnecessary billion-dollar tax measure is now underway, thanks to support from COST and concerned citizens. VICTORY IS ACHIEVABLE IF YOU HELP! […]
Sign Up Now This Q&A webinar hosted by the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers provides an excellent opportunity to learn about the four candidates running for the Marin County Board of Supervisors seat representing District 2. Hear from all four candidates: Brian Colbert, Heather McPhail Sridharan, Ryan O’Neil, and Gabe Paulson, (Click on their names to […]
Sign Up Now This Q&A webinar hosted by the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers provides an excellent opportunity to learn about the two candidates running for the Marin County Board of Supervisors District 4 seat. Hear from incumbent Supervisor Dennis Rodoni and candidate Francis Drouillard. Voters will receive ballots by mail in early February for the […]
Tell Local Government:Give Us Back our Money!Represent Our Interests! Refuse collection bills throughout Marin are high and increase every year under franchise agreements awarded by individual local governments to private companies. You don’t get to vote on the rates. After paying a consultant to review the rate proposal, our local elected officials rubberstamp the suggested […]
FIX PROP 19 PROVISIONS MANDATING REASSESSMENT OF INHERITED HOMES Many CA Heirs are Now Forced to Sell the Family Home! We Need YOUR Signature to Amend Prop 19! DOWNLOAD PETITION NOW CO$T is helping with a statewide effort to fix 2020’s Proposition 19, which voters narrowly approved. People were largely unaware that voting YES would […]
By DICK SPOTSWOOD | spotswood@comcast.net | October 7, 2023 at 10:50 a.m. Tamalpais Union High School District is aiming to place a facilities improvement bond on the March 5 primary election ballot. The district website indicates the measure, including interest and principal, will cost residents over $1 billion. Of that, $517 million is for principal. […]
URGENT! Act TODAY! Tell Damon Connolly & Mike McGuire: Vote NO on ACA-13, ACA-1 & AB-151 WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW! The California legislature is about to light a three alarm fire that will torch the financial future of California’s taxpayers and businesses. Rather than reducing unsustainable public expenditures and pension liabilities in response to huge deficits, Sacramento is continuing business […]
Please call in at 1:30PM TODAY 8/23/23 to the CA Assembly Election committee members to vote NO on ACA 13. It must be stopped. It is a blatant attempt to limit citizen’s rights to pass Constitutional amendments in CA. To understand what “our” representatives are about to do to us all, read Dan Walters’ article. If this […]
Improving Student Outcomes Should Be Job 1 at Tam Union CO$T Urges TUSHD Implement Merit Based Superintendent Pay Pause Spending on Projects that Aren’t Yet Voter-Approved Trim Plans for 2024 Bond Measure Costing Taxpayers Over $1 Billion At its August 8 meeting, Tamalpais Union High School District’s trustees are set to approve a new 3-year […]
Joint Statement by Marin Water and the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers (CO$T) For Release – May 4, 2023 Marin Municipal Water District and the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers (CO$T) and other individually named plaintiffs have reached a settlement in the 2019 case of the Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers., et al v. Marin Municipal Water District. […]
If you’re a customer of Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD), you should have received notice of proposed rates for the upcoming 4-year period (July 2023 through June 2027). California law requires that this notification be sent at least 45 days in advance of a public hearing on the new rates, which will occur on May 16. Under […]
Tax and Fee Exemptions & Discounts for Seniors Low & Middle Income People with Disabilities & Medical Conditions MMWD & PGE Customers Who are Overpaying APPLY NOW! Filing Deadlines Soon! Beware: You May Need to Reapply Each Year Don’t Miss Future Alerts Like This! Because so many tax- and rate-payers miss out on cost-saving opportunities […]
Mill Valley City Council Candidate Forum Zoom Q&A Webinar 7PM Thursday February 9 Featuring Both Candidates for an Open Council Seat: Susan Gladwin and Caroline Joachim Moderated by Dick Spotswood, Marin IJ Political Columnist Doug Kelly, Master of Ceremonies and Time Keeper. Organized and Hosted by CO$T
Register Here! Mill Valley City Council Candidate Forum Zoom Q&A Webinar 7PM Thursday February 9 Featuring Both Candidates for an Open Council Seat: Susan Gladwin and Caroline Joachim Moderated by Dick Spotswood, Marin IJ Political Columnist Organized and Hosted by CO$T Click here to Register!
CO$T’s Board thanks ALL of our supporters who contributed to the successful election of CO$T-endorsed candidates Matt Samson, Ranjiv Khush, and Jed Smith. Thank you for supporting these superior candidates with your votes, yard signs, letters to the editor, campaign donations, knocking on doors, talking with your neighbors, social media posts, and so much more. Democracy […]
The Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers hosts a San Anselmo Town Council Candidate Debate Date: Thursday, October 20th All four candidates will attend ~ Guy Meyer ~ Tarrell Kullaway ~ Ford Greene ~ Steve Burdo ~ The debate ise moderated by Marin IJ Columnist Dick Spotswood.
4-5:30pm | Monday, October 10 Register Now Here November 2022 is the most important Marin Water board election in a generation. The District faces critical decisions after narrowly escaping running out of water in June 2022 (the subject of a June 2022 Marin Civil Grand Jury report). CO$T is hosting an impartially-moderated MMWD Candidate Zoom […]
