Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis
Taxpayers Association (HJTA), will discuss current efforts to increase taxes
and how to promote lower taxes and regulation, at a Calaveras County Taxpayers
Association Luncheon on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 12 to 2 PM. The event
will be held at the Historic Murphys Hotel in Murphys.
Coupal, an attorney who successfully argued
the term limits Proposition 140 before the California Supreme Court, has been
HJTA president since 1999. Prior to that he served as the organization’s
Director of Legal Affairs. He was the principal author of Proposition
218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act, which was approved by voters in
1996.
HJTA is a statewide organization founded by
Proposition 13 coauthor, Howard Jarvis. Its mission is the protection of
Proposition 13 and the advancements of taxpayers’ rights. The Association
takes an active role in state tax policy, and was instrumental in the defeat of
Proposition 88, which would have allowed the state to impose a state-wide
property tax. Recently, the HJTA has been networking with Tea Party and other groups
in the interest of protecting taxpayers. This was expressed by the sponsorship
of two annual Taxpayer/Tea Party Summits in Sacramento.
Other speakers planned for the event are
Leslie Davis, Assessor and Tonja Dausend, author, with a presentation of her
booklet “Undermining Freedom in Calaveras County”.
Seating is limited. Tickets are $20 in
advance or $25 at the door.
On- line reservations are available until June
25, 2012 at the CCTA website: CalaverasTaxpayers.org. or, call 785-1491