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Apr 22
1 min

Pending Drought Pushes Need for Water Solutions

It looks like once again, parts of California are headed into another drought. With the Sierra snowpack at less than 60% and water...

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Carolyn Cavecche

Mar 26
2 min

The Housing Elephant in the Room

Housing has moved front and center and become the elephant in the room for most policy makers in Orange County. Whether it’s the homeless...

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Transparency Needed for COVID-19 Relief Spending

Carolyn Cavecche

Feb 23
2 min

Transparency Needed for COVID-19 Relief Spending

We are just about a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and around $2.5 trillion in taxpayer monies spent in the federal response. Payments...

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Saving California: Gavin Newsom’s Elitism is Crushing Ordinary Californians

Carolyn Cavecche

Feb 2
3 min

Saving California: Gavin Newsom’s Elitism is Crushing Ordinary Californians

My mom, newly divorced in the early 1960’s, moved us out west from the east coast when she was told California was where she could make a...

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Now is not the time for the crushing tax hikes a split roll would bring

Carolyn Cavecche

May 4, 2020
3 min

Now is not the time for the crushing tax hikes a split roll would bring

For decades there have been calls for California to reform our tax system and there is no time like the present to get it done.

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Anaheim-Angels stadium deal a win for taxpayers

Carolyn Cavecche

Dec 14, 2019
3 min

Anaheim-Angels stadium deal a win for taxpayers

For years I have been able to watch the debate in Anaheim on what to do with the stadium with clear eye

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The false premises and promises of the push for split roll

Carolyn Cavecche

Nov 1, 2019
3 min

The false premises and promises of the push for split roll

I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.

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Orange County has lost one of the good ones

Carolyn Cavecche

Aug 17, 2019
3 min

Orange County has lost one of the good ones

In an era when people run for public office for all the wrong reasons Eric stood out.

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Santa Ana and Stanton out of compliance with Measure M2

Carolyn Cavecche

Jun 1, 2019
3 min

Santa Ana and Stanton out of compliance with Measure M2

City budgets can make the eyes of even the most interested taxpayer roll back a bit in their head.

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Unpacking the effort to allow AQMD to raise SoCal taxes

Carolyn Cavecche

Mar 25, 2019
3 min

Unpacking the effort to allow AQMD to raise SoCal taxes

There are rules when it comes to taxes. How high they can go, what they can be used for… and there are rules about which public agencies...

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Millennials shouldn't fall for anti-Prop.13 hype

Carolyn Cavecche

Mar 10, 2019
4 min

Millennials shouldn't fall for anti-Prop.13 hype

Prop.13 protects them, too. California is currently in the middle of a housing crisis. A crisis so severe, that Gov. Gavin Newsom is...

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Incumbents have enough advantages, they shouldn't be campaigning with taxpayer dollars

Carolyn Cavecche

Mar 1, 2019
3 min

Incumbents have enough advantages, they shouldn't be campaigning with taxpayer dollars

AS APPEARED IN THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Incumbents have an advantage when it comes to elections. Their ballot designation, or job...

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Carolyn Cavecche

Feb 24, 2019
3 min

Oppose Sacramento's latest 'gas tax'

You have to give politicians in Sacramento credit. They don't waste time celebrating their victories before starting their next plan of...

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Carolyn Cavecche

Feb 28, 2018
3 min

Incumbents have enough advantages, they shouldn't be campaigning with taxpayer dollars

AS APPEARED IN THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Incumbents have an advantage when it comes to elections. Their ballot designation, or job...

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Split-roll is just the first attack on Prop. 13

Carolyn Cavecche

Jan 5, 2018
3 min

Split-roll is just the first attack on Prop. 13

For the past few years, taxpayer advocates, including the Orange County Taxpayers Association, have been sounding the alarm of an...

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Addressing Deferred Maintenance in National Parks Without Raising Taxes

Carolyn Cavecche

Dec 21, 2017
2 min

Addressing Deferred Maintenance in National Parks Without Raising Taxes

I am a National Park Enthusiast. I have a passport that I bring with me to get stamped at each park I visit. I actually plan vacations...

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California is taxed enough without Republican tax reform

Carolyn Cavecche

Nov 28, 2017
3 min

California is taxed enough without Republican tax reform

The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, by a vote of 227-205. Now it's up to the Senate to...

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Political posturing risks CalOptima's stability

Carolyn Cavecche

Jul 24, 2017
3 min

Political posturing risks CalOptima's stability

Many of us who either grew up in, or have lived in, Orange County for many decades remember the old county hospital just off the Santa...

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Carolyn Cavecche

Feb 20, 2017
3 min

Where is all the money for dams?

As a taxpayer, I have some basic expectations. When I dial 9-1-1 I want a police officer or firefighter to arrive at my house as quickly...

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Carolyn Cavecche

Dec 13, 2016
2 min

Letters: Prop. 13 works for all

Re: "High-priced coastal homes have lower tax rates than inland Houses due to Prop 13, study finds," [News, Dec. 5]: The headline of your...

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