CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A group of conservative Nevada Republicans are trying to place a $1.4 billion tax package approved and supported by Gov. Brian Sandoval on the 2016 ballot.
State Controller Ron Knecht, Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Beers and former Assemblyman Ed Goedhart have pledged to lead a ballot measure repealing SB483, which was approved by the governor earlier in June.
Knecht said the approved bill is too close to a defeated measure creating a business margins-based tax overwhelmingly rejected by voters in 2014. He said the governor has lost touch with the Republican party base.
The group could potentially start to gather signatures in August.
SB483 raises or extends around $1.4 billion in taxes, which Sandoval touted as necessary to help invest in the state's K-12 education system.