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Against Amendment 4.
AMENDMENT 4 IS ANOTHER antitax effort written by Fort Smith lawyer Oscar Stilley. His appeal is to populist antitax sentiment, and this one is no exception.
Amendment 4 would abolish state and local sales and use taxes on used goods such as used cars, antiques and pawned items; prohibit an increase of taxes without voter approval in a regularly scheduled, statewide general election; and provide for a three-year statute of limitations for actions to recover taxes, by the taxing authority or by an aggrieved taxpayer. It would also allow individuals to bring class action lawsuits against the government, a move that could tie up local and state governments with endlessly court appearances.
Stilley's silly proposal essentially does away with representative democracy. Quorum courts and city councils could no longer increase taxes without approval of voters in a ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 31, 1996 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 1, 1999 700+ words
...Friday night at 10:00 p.m. EST it will begin to hold regularly scheduled live declining-price auctions. On top of the Company...video, we are moving ahead, making these live auctions regularly scheduled events," said Jeff Lymburner, President of Bid.Com...
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- Prodigy launches "The Night People" on the Internet; Prodigy launches first...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 1, 1996 700+ words
...launch of Prodigy's "The Night People," the first regularly scheduled late night programming online. The Night People offers...The feature is a first in a series that will combine regularly scheduled real time shows with the anytime access and reach of the...
- Alpine Air Express Initiates Operations in Chile; New Subsidiary Establishes...
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 16, 2002 700+ words
...cargo aircraft from Alpine's existing fleet to provide regularly scheduled seven day air cargo service along two established routes...Alpine will be the first U.S. company to provide regularly scheduled air cargo service in Chile. Furthermore, this new operation...
- Travelmedia Launches Web Newscasts for Pacific Asia Travel Association; PATA...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 11, 2001 700+ words
...organizations, today announced the debut of PATAradio, a regularly-scheduled travel industry web newscast for the Pacific Asia Travel...are proud to be the first travel organization to offer regularly scheduled newscasts on the web," says PATA CEO Joseph A. McInerney...
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- Greyhound Begins Exclusive Casino Bus Service From Southern California, Arizona...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 15, 1999 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, Against Amendment 4.