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In this letter to the editor the Arizona Republic failed to mention that Mark Mitchell is the Mayor of Tempe, Jay Tibshraeny is the Mayor of Chandler and Mark Nexsen is the Mayor of Lake Havasu City.

All 3 of these government tyrants seem to favor "taxation without representation" and want the state of Arizona to tax the krap out of you and give the money to them, rather then have their city governments tax you for the money they want to spend.

If we are going to have taxes, the elected officials that spend your money should also be the ones who vote to pass the taxes. That way you can throw the bums out of office when they tax the krap out of you.

Last time I posted a negative article on my Facebook page about Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell I think he had some of his thugs from the "Friends of Mark Mitchell" come by my Facebook page and leave some insulting remarks where they called ma an "*sshole".

Well Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell, I feel the same way about you.

I am sure if George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were alive today, they would also think that Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell is an *sshole for wanting to have taxation without representation.

Source

Letter: Raiding cities' cash is a bad idea

Mark Mitchell, Jay Tibshraeny and Mark Nexsen 6:17 p.m. MST March 9, 2016

Republic columnist Robert Robb wants to kill state shared revenue, arguing it would make cities accountable for their spending (“Stop threatening state shared revenue - just kill it,” Feb. 24).

He ignores history and the benefits of this tax simplification system.

Arizonans created the shared revenue system via ballot initiatives in the 1940s and 1972. The thinking then reflects the rhetoric we hear from state leaders today: Arizona is better with a uniform, consistent tax policy.

Killing shared revenue would also end a ban on towns and cities enacting local income taxes.

Robb scoffs that voters would ever approve such a thing. Really? If the choice is between approving a city income tax or laying off police and closing parks? So much for tax simplification.

The other alternative would be to increase sales taxes, and in many of our smallest communities those rates would have to leap higher than any potential drop in state sales taxes. Many smaller cities have little retail presence to begin with. Dismantling shared revenue would be a death sentence for these communities.

Rather than dismantle the system, it should be viewed for what it is: a model of tax consolidation, uniformity and stability for the building blocks of the Arizona economy. It would be foolhardy to destroy it.

— Mark Mitchell, president [is also Mayor of Tempe, Arizona]

Jay Tibshraeny, vice president [is also Mayor of Chandler, Arizona]

Mark Nexsen, treasurer [is also Mayor of Lake Havasu City, Arizona]

League of Arizona Cities and Towns