From T.J. Zane, president & CEO of the Lincoln Club of San Diego County…
By now, you may have read or heard reports that the San Diego County Taxpayers Association and the JOBS Coalition submitted over 53,000 signatures to the City Clerk Wednesday as part of the referendum effort to Stop the Jobs Tax in the City of San Diego.
In response to the approval late last year by the San Diego City Council of a 500-900% tax increase on job creators, the JOBS coalition, a group of over 50 businesses, non-profits and community leaders launched an effort to combat the tax.
The signature drive began on December 27th to collect the 34,000 signatures needed to potentially bring the Jobs Tax Increase to a public vote later this year.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the only issue to which advocates for economic growth and prosperity – like you – must pay close attention over the coming months.
There is no question tourism is vitally important to the health of our regional economy, and it’s important that we focus on the significant policy differences between members of the San Diego city council.
As an example, there is a stark contrast between the positions councilmembers Kevin Faulconer and David Alvarez have taken on tourism and hospitality issues.
The “issue roundup” pictured (and linked HERE) makes it clear: Councilman Alvarez has voted NO on all the major tourism initiatives considered by the City Council in the last year. This is very concerning in a region that relies so heavily upon a flourishing tourism and hospitality sector to help drive the regional economy. We need to actively remind our elected officials of the importance of tourism and the graphic below explains how you can help.
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