OCTax Tracks City Tax Dollar Spending Through New Online Tool
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The Orange County Taxpayers Association (OCTax) has developed a useful online tool that enhances transparency and provides taxpayers a...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Sep 25, 2015
- 1 min
Membership Luncheon Announced
Our Annual Membership Luncheon has been scheduled and trust us, you won't want to miss this program. Join OCTax President & CEO, Carolyn...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Aug 18, 2015
- 3 min
Op-Ed: Mandate to cut gasoline use would cripple California's economy
This article appeared in OC Register on August 15, 2015 Friends tend to make fun of my car. Granted, it is dented, scratched and old. But...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Jul 13, 2015
- 3 min
Anaheim’s Extension of a Disney Gate-Tax Ban: Good for Residents, Business and Taxpayers
You know that the political landscape in Orange County is changing when there is debate about whether or not taxes should be raised or...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Jun 15, 2015
- 3 min
Op-Ed: OCTax Defends Prop. 13, again!
OCTax had the following editorial published in the Orange County Register in this past Sunday's Opinion section defending Proposition 13...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Jun 1, 2015
- 3 min
Adding sales tax to services bad for Californians
California taxpayers are some of the highest-taxed individuals in the nation. It has been said so many times by so many people, that I am...
Carolyn Cavecche
- May 4, 2015
- 1 min
Happy Tax Freedom Day!
Happy Tax Freedom Day California Taxpayers! May 3rd was the date that if Californians worked everyday since the year started and gave...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Apr 23, 2015
- 1 min
OPPOSE Buena Park Measure A
OCTax is opposed to Measure A.  The authors of Measure A only want to do one thing, stop a proposal for a small condominium development...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Apr 9, 2015
- 3 min
Anti-oil scaremongering fails
The battle for energy independence produced a big victory in the small city of La Habra Heights and serves as an example for what many...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Mar 3, 2015
- 2 min
Anaheim to Vote on Protecting Taxpayers
Tax increases are a reality in Orange County. The City of Stanton recently passed Measure GG in 2014 to increase sales tax in the city...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Feb 24, 2015
- 1 min
Honoring Henry Segerstrom
The Orange County Taxpayers Association would like to offer our sincere condolences to the family of the legendary Henry Segerstrom,...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Feb 21, 2015
- 3 min
Huntington Beach and its Sad Standstill
Political Grandstanding: the term often applies to politicians or other public figures perceived to be using tactics designed to call...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Dec 23, 2014
- 2 min
California's Billion Dollar Problem
A recent article by Teri Sforza in the Orange County Register laid out the issue of the State of California owing over 8 billion dollars...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Dec 11, 2014
- 2 min
Taxpayers Beware of VMT
The new political term that taxpayers should start to pay attention to is “VMT."  And no, it’s not a disease; it stands for Vehicle Miles...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Nov 26, 2014
- 1 min
2014 Legislative Scorecard
The goal of the Orange County Taxpayers Association Legislator Scorecard is to show taxpayers in Orange County exactly how their State...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Nov 24, 2014
- 1 min
Our Candidates Weren't the Only Winners This Election Cycle
It's official, OCTaxPAC had one of the most successful elections to date, and at 83% had one of the highest win ratios in Orange County....
Carolyn Cavecche
- Nov 19, 2014
- 1 min
By the Numbers
If you haven’t had an opportunity to check out California State Controller John Chiang’s new website and you are interested in the inside...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Nov 3, 2014
- 3 min
State Controller Race 2014
Let’s be honest, is anyone really excited about our choices for State office on the ballot this year? Most of my friends have no clue...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Oct 3, 2014
- 2 min
Ban the Bag Ban
This week, Gov. Brown signed SB 270 by State Senators de Leon, Lara and Padilla (who is running for State Secretary). Once it becomes...
Carolyn Cavecche
- Sep 11, 2014
- 3 min
Let's not time travel backwards with the Internet
By Carolyn Cavecche, President & CEO of OCTax Published in the Orange County Register, September 11, 2014 Time travel into the past is...
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