RUNNER ASSAILS STATE'S CAR TAX.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Saying Californians paid the price to get the state through the recession, Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. George Runner George C. Runner, Jr. (born March 25 1952 in Scotia, New York) is a Republican California State Senator, who represents the 17th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County. , R-Lancaster, called Monday for the elimination of the state's tax on its residents' cars. Runner is advocating phasing out the car tax, known as the vehicle license fee, over five years. ``We went through the recession on the backs of the taxpayers,'' Runner said. ``It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to give that money back to the taxpayers.'' Runner voiced his support for eliminating the tax while standing in a Lancaster auto dealership flanked by Lancaster Councilman Andy Visokey, Palmdale Councilwoman Shelley Sorsabal, and Cameron Smythe, an aide for state Sen. W.J. ``Pete'' Knight, R-Palmdale. Democrats in the state Legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: The Assembly and Senate versions of the state budget do not include cuts to the car tax. This month a conference committee, of which Runner will be a member, will iron out differences between the two versions. Runner said Republican conference committee members will be pushing for the inclusion of car tax relief and that Gov. Pete Wilson For others named Pete Wilson, see . Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American Republican politician from California. Wilson served as the thirty-sixth Governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that has indicated he would veto veto [Lat.,=I forbid], power of one functionary (e.g., the president) of a government, or of one member of a group or coalition, to block the operation of laws or agreements passed or entered into by the other functionaries or members. In the U.S. any budget presented to him without such a tax cut. The car tax provides about 10 percent of cities' tax revenues and about 25 percent of counties' revenues. The Republican plan calls for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing that cities and counties would continue to receive the same amount of revenue that they would have received with the car tax. Lancaster received $4.9 million this year from the car tax while Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, received $4.8 million and Palmdale got $4.6 million. The Lancaster City Council sent Runner a letter dated May 22 advocating the elimination of the car tax provided that there is a constitutionally protected revenue stream. ``We believe when you have excess funds you should send money back to the overtaxed citizens,'' Visokey said. The Santa Clarita City Council also wants to see their revenue stream protected. ``They oppose the elimination of the tax unless there is a constitutional amendment protecting local government,'' said Santa Clarita City Manager George Caravalho. ``Local government hasn't had a good experience with the state over the years.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour AV Edition only) Assemblyman George Runner, with Palmdale Councilwoman Shelley Sorsabal, blasts the car tax at a local dealership. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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