Proponents of increasing the minimum wage generally argue that it will improve the standard of living for low-income earners. However, numerous studies – including one completed by the Congressional Budget Office, which provides nonpartisan analysis for the U.S. Congress – have shown that minimum wage increases actually reduce employment. Artificially mandating increased wages through government action also has the negative effect of increased inflation, thereby further reducing any potential … [Read more...] about Proposed $15 Minimum Wage Will Cost Jobs
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Proposed Changes to City Ordinances
I am proposing some changes in City ordinances that will affect your business and your home. I am hoping I will have Council support; we will see. Sales Tax and Family Leases If you personally own a building and lease it to your corporation, the City charges you 1.7 percent sales tax. That makes no sense to me. I am proposing a change that exempts family owned corporations or LLCs from paying sales tax on leases with the family. Sidewalk Repairs The way the City … [Read more...] about Proposed Changes to City Ordinances
Proposed Forest Restoration
Applauding Forest Service efforts, the Four Forest Restoration Initiative stakeholders’ groups is calling the latest step toward restoring northern Arizona’s ponderosa pine ecosystem significant and historic. Currently available for public comment, the Forest Service proposal or Proposed Action for the Four Forest Restoration Initiative outlines a restoration strategy within a 750-thousand acre analysis area on the Mogollon Plateau of the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests. Stakeholders … [Read more...] about Proposed Forest Restoration
