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WHAT: NEWS CONFERENCE AND PRESENTATION
WHEN: TUESDAY JAN 17TH - 11 A.M.
WHERE: Downtown Davenport Public Library - Basement Film / Meeting Room
WHO: Opt4Better Citizens Action Group
All elected officials, the media and public at large are invited to attend a presentation from Opt4Better founder Mark Nelson regarding support for a Scott County wide petition to lower tax levy rates during current local government budgeting processes.
In March 2009, Nelson, a successful regional commercial appraiser and Davenport resident and taxpayer, led the effort to educate the local electorate in support of defeating the Davenport Promise entitlement program referendum.
Opt4Better is seeking more public education and transparency regarding the residential assessment, valuation and tax collecting processes by all local jurisdictions.
Nelson will provide historical data on the residential taxable valuations, (aka Rollback) and share analysis yet to be discussed in the public sphere.
He will outline the fiscally sound reasons taxpayers should require all locally elected officials in the municipalities, county and school districts to lower the tax levy rates now, for the 2012-2013 tax bill.
Nelson will provide options to save Scott County taxpayer's money via sound governmental cuts and fiscal policy changes. Efforts state legislators must take to simplify residential taxes and provide municipalities the tools to control costs will also be addressed.
Finally, Nelson will address measures voters can take during this Fall's general election, should local officials not heed the petitions to reduce levy rates being determined now.
The presentation is expected to take 20 minutes with time for Q&A afterwards.
More details and handouts will be available at the news conference.
Questions: Contact Mark Nelson at 563-340-2597 or info@opt4better.org
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