From The Las Vegas Sun: Gov. Brian Sandoval will include taxes set to expire next month in a revised budget he will unveil Friday, according to a source. The move, which would run counter to his pledge not to raise taxes, comes thanks to a Supreme Court ruling today that prohibits the Legislature from taking local tax dollars to fund the state.
In a statement this afternoon, Sandoval said he would present a revised spending plan on Friday that takes into account the lost funds. "The ruling raises questions about certain assumptions in the proposed executive budget," the statement said. "As governor, I am forced to deal with their ramifications and I am responding by reworking the state budget."
The source close to the administration said "that ruling puts the sunsets in the state budget back in." Sandoval, who has vowed since his candidacy not to raise taxes, has said he would consider extending those taxes to constitute a tax increase.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/26/reversal-gov-sandoval-consider-extending-2009-tax-/
I understand where Sandoval is coming from. He, or actually the governor and legislators before him, made some assumptions that the Nevada Supreme Court found to be unconstitutional. Those assumptions would have been about raiding local tax payer funds and using them for state purposes.
But you know what these slimy Democrats and liberals will do: If Sandoval allows some taxes that were going to be ending in the next few days, to continue, the Democrats and RINOs will soon have this kind of advertisement in Sandoval's next election:
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