Saundra McDavid

A tale of two cities.  Victorville, California is getting into the banking business.  The town sits halfway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles.  Its largest sales tax revenue stream, Victorville Motors is in financial troubles and can not get a loan from a bank.  So the city council elected to loan $200,000 to the company [...]

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Governor Otter faced tough criticism from both parties over his spending plans for the 2010 budget.  While school budgets and social services are being cut as part of a $216 million reduction package, Otter plans on raising taxes and registration fees to fund roads.  This has left many lawmakers questioning the priorities of Idaho’s leaders.
“Democrats [...]

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Millions of employers are having to lay off workers because they can no longer afford to pay them.  So what does the Idaho Department of Labor do?  Force the employers to pay more taxes on the employees that they are struggling to keep employed.   In a move illustrative of the problem with government agencies, the [...]

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