The organizers of three political committees aiming to put three just-approved town tax increases to a public vote are holding a meeting Thursday for residents interested in participating.
The groups will meet 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday in room 3 of the Southeast Regional Library, 775 N. Greenfield Road, in Gilbert. People already gathering signatures can turn them in and blank petitions will be available for people interested in circulating them.
The groups, led by former Maricopa County Assessor Kevin Ross, are opposing the quarter-cent sales tax increase, new 1 percent use tax and the lifting of a rental tax exemption for owners of two or fewer residential leases, all approved by the Town Council last week to help close a $14 million hole in the new fiscal year’s budget. The sales tax hike and new use tax are projected to raise about $9 million combined; it’s unclear how much money will be generated by lifting the rental tax exemption.
For more information about the meeting call Jan Hibbard at (480) 357-9753 or (480) 580-7103
