TEA PARTY AT OMAHA CITY BUDGET HEARING

It’s Taxpayer Tea Party time again, taxpayers! Mark your calendars on Tue. Aug. 11. At 6:30 PM that evening, we will hold a short demonstration outside the Omaha City-County Bldg. at 1819 Farnam Street, our signs proudly showing that we oppose any new or expanded tax increase in the City of Omaha’s FY 2009-10 budget. The mayor and city council will deliberate and decide on raising our property tax or sales tax or both. They will consider implementing a new garbage fee, occupation tax, and/or an entertainment tax. Even if you do not live within the City of Omaha city limits, you will pay more sales tax if you shop here, more entertainment tax if you go to the movies, bars, or restaurants in Omaha, and pay an occupation tax if you work in Omaha. At the public budget hearing at 7 PM, we will present the city council with our petitions opposing tax increases and testify against them in the budget. We invite taxpayers to attend the hearing and speak or just sit and listen while wearing a taxpayer watchdog tea bag sticker. However, we need YOUR help. We need YOU to help circulate our petitions. You need not be a registered voter to circulate or sign or even live in Omaha. Please call (402) 551-0921 to get a petition today! We are in a recession. People are losing their jobs, savings, and investments! We are Taxed Enough Already.