Volunteers turn in first signature packets in Kane County for tax referendum
On Jan. 6, three Kane County volunteers acting as official signature witnesses each turned in full packets of signatures for the tax referendum petition at Kane County clerk’s office.
Kanab city council member Celeste Meyeres is spearheading the effort in Kane County with assistance from Josh Warburton, publisher of The Independent and 2019 Kanab Arts chair. Both turned in packets full of signatures that they had collected at local events they had organized and directly from voters at homes and businesses as did signature witness and Kanab resident Jerry Navarre, who joined Warburton and Meyeres to turn in their first packets together.
“As of Sunday night, we believe our total signatures collected for Kane County to be over 350, above the minimum threshold of 323 for our county, which represents the 8 percent minimum set by the legislature,“ said Warburton, who said they thought Kane County may be the first to unofficially hit the threshold. “We are just getting started as many of our 15 signature witnesses are just recently getting their packets. We hope to exceed the minimum by quite a lot.”
“I think the bill is way too complicated, confusing, difficult to enforce, and ‘big government,’” Meyeres said. “That’s why, for the first time in my life, I am working to gather signatures for a referendum. I choose my causes carefully, and I chose to question this monster of a bill. A referendum would mean that the bill would be put on the ballot for a vote of the people, not that it will automatically be stopped.”
The bill was passed last year in a special session, and a recent poll from Utah Policy found 68 percent of Utahns oppose the tax law changes.
“We’ve had no problem getting signatures as people from many different political persuasions oppose the tax law changes for numerous reasons, from it being a regressive tax disproportionally affecting the poor to the fact it was passed in a one-day special session, to it increasing tax on food and gas, to taxing many services for the first time,”
Warburton said. “The reasons to sign this petition are numerous!”
If you’re interested in signing the petition, which has a deadline of Jan. 21, please contact Celeste Meyeres at (435) 689-0907 or Josh Warburton at (435) 632-1555.
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