Senator Starr (R, SD12) and Rep. Elmer (R, HD24) will be having a Town Hall at McMinnville Civic Hall (200 NE Second St) for a Legislative Session Update and Community Q&A session on Thurs, May 8th at 6pm.
Find out what’s happening with SB 916A, (which they oppose) that would give unemployment benefits to striking workers. Spoiler alert: this would raise your taxes. Get their feedback on how this is going in the legislature.
Also, find out what the status on these bills are, that the Dems are drooling over…
- Gas tax increase, and not just a little. Discussions range from 35 cents/gallon and up higher.
- New Delivery tax on all goods delivered to your home from companies like Amazon, FedEx, UPS, DoorDash, etc.
- New Wildfire tax on utility companies, which will then be passed on to you.
- Increase Healthcare Provider tax, which will be passed on to you.
- Increase Beer & Wine taxes.
- Increase Timber & Harvest taxes.
- New $1.00/thousand Statewide Property Tax.
- Tolling on Highways.
- Taxes on your water well usage.
- 4% taxes on tires.
- Food Stamps for Non-citizens.
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