Stevie A.

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Stevie A.6 months ago I’m tired of seeing our cities give handouts to big developers and absentee landlords. For instance in Reno, we have seen one developer practically buy our city council, I don’t recall the last time the mayor or city council rejected any of this developer’s proposals or followed up when this developer has not live up to their promises. As a result we end up with empty lots after a tear down, more paid parking with little green space which heats the city more through urban heat island effect, less affordable housing, more fenced in lots with little activity, blighted areas are left with either a deteriorating building or again an empty lot and so on. Meanwhile, we also see landlords/corporate property owners of larger buildings leave them vacant without actively investing in them in ways that would support the local economy and communities, so that they can build their “portfolio” and leach off our resources while paying less taxes over time. We need real solutions to stop these levels of corruption, corporate greed, and leaching of our resources that don’t go back to the places we call home. My suggestion would be to have stricter ethics laws and oversight of public officials (especially if they’ve received donations or some form of financial benefit from a developer or corporation); community boards that have an actual say in the matters that effect them (not just a suggestion to their representatives); a comptroller for each of our city and town governments to root out waste, fraud and abuse; vacancy taxes for property owners of large lots and buildings that are being underutilized; and a more open, available/accessible and affordable way for community members to invest in the funding of local projects (such as bonds) no matter their economic status and with oversight to prevent bribery.

Stevie A.6 months ago We cannot continue to see road expansions as the only solution to our traffic problems. Any improvements to our transportation infrastructure will take time, but road expansions for more cars only provides a short term benefit that inevitably leads to long term delays. By investing in public transportation, such as a broad train/rail system through our state in conjunction with a mass hiring of bus drivers both for schools and general public transport with more eco friendly buses as well, we can see a reduction and alleviation of our traffic problems throughout the state. There are a plethora of public transportation options that we see work well in other states and around the world, and frankly Nevada has fallen behind on this investment. We are overdue to see our tax dollars go towards solutions such as this. Public transportation options will bring in more people, more jobs, and strengthen our communities bonds and economies.

Stevie A.4 months ago This is a topic that I know is unpopular amongst the general public. Taxes, yes they can feel like a burden to everyone especially when you are working or even retired and a majority of your income goes towards your basic needs. They are however a necessity to participate in a functioning society. The problem as I see it, and I hope others can recognize, is that our state has a regressive tax system that gives large breaks to the ultra wealthy, corporations, businesses and developers, while working folks are left to pay more than their fair share into the system without seeing enough of any real benefits from the revenue we pay into the system. That said, I am not vouching for tax breaks for everyone, rather a hard look and restructuring of how are taxes are set. Most taxes come at the point of purchase for all of us, and then on top of that we often find ourselves paying a service or processing fee from a multi million dollar card company. I suggest we discontinue processing fees in our state and cut out the middleman in as many places as possible. We also need a penalty tax for corporations that try to leave our state, especially after plundering the resources of it and make an exorbitant amount of those goods and services that don’t get passed onto their workers or to the general public that they took advantage of. We need to increase property taxes on vacant and underutilized land as well as general buildings across the board (because that’s just being fair and how we find our schools as an example). Public goods and services only thrive when everyone pays into the system and benefits, but those who make a profit far beyond the reach of an average Nevadan should pay more to level the playing field and benefits them too when we put that revenue to good use. we see this in Virginia now and in the city of New York. We can do the same or make our own version but it is long overdue.