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Make your voice known about the California golf tax; www.forecalifornia.com Web site adds new “Locate Your Legislator” feature
Story and links
Jan 23, 2009
Amid signs that business groups. and Republican legislatorsare beginning to heed the message that any tax increases needed to eradicate the state’s fiscal crisis must be as broad-based as possible, the SCGA, California Alliance for Golf and others in the industry continue to press the point that taxing narrow segments of the state’s economy, including golf, is simply unfair.
To aid in spreading that message, the CAG Web site www.forecalifornia.com has added as new feature that helps interested golfers communicate with their local legislators and let them know how they feel about the proposed golf tax.
Please visit the “Get involved” link on the website to find a LINK on how to locate your legislator. The CAG link includes the addresses to where you may address letters; if you click on the legislator’s name and then click on the “Contact Me” button on the left, you’ll find a form where you can send an email (if may be helpful for you to compose the email offline and then cut and paste it into the box provided).
The SCGA encourages you to send a letter to let them know how you feel about the proposed tax and how you would be affected.
In addition to contacting your local legislator, you make your views on the golf tax known to Governor Schwarzengger. Here’s how to contact him:
Via phone: Call (916) 445-2611. Choose the language for communicating with his office (hit “1” for English, for example). Then hit “5” for current issues and “0” to speak live to a staff member.
Via email: Go to http://gov.ca.gov/interact and use the form to email your message to the Governor.
Via mail and fax to:
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916-558-3160
In any of your communications, we urge you to:
Keep your communications concise, respectful, and persuasive.
Tell elected officials why you think the golf tax is unfair:
-- that any tax increases should be as broad-based as possible so that everyone in the state shares the burden that will be needed to solve the crisis;
-- that golf already pays its fair share of taxes through property taxes, and sales taxes on goods purchased and food consumed at golf course restaurants and snack shacks;
-- that the tax could slash jobs, cut back on city parks programs that golf revenue supports, and hurt many golfers — especially, youth, municipal players, and seniors on fixed incomes.
Refer to the www.ForeCalifornia.com website for key messages.
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