The Great Tax Heist: Hill's Post-Election Flip-Flop for Fire Regionalization
State Senator Skip Daly, Washoe County Commissioner Alexis Hill, Mayor Hillary Schieve, and Mayor Ed Lawson want to regionalize fire, but will they be successful in raising residents taxes to pay for it.
Remember when Alexis Hill swore up and down during her 2024 campaign that she wouldn't raise taxes? That promise had a shorter shelf life than milk left in the sun.
Hill spent three years, 2022, 2023, and 2024, playing political dodgeball with fire regionalization, we now know why - she was waiting until after reelection to drop the tax bomb. State Senator Skip Daly's email spells it out: your wallet is about to get lighter.
Last week's fire regionalization meeting was a masterclass in political theater - elected officials grandstanding about "doing their jobs" while plotting to raid taxpayer pockets. Here's what they're not telling you:
The Real Problem:
Unsustainable employee wages across all three municipalities
County Manager Brown's 2021 wage-hike spiral
City of Reno and Sparks can't afford their fire services
Solution? Make taxpayers foot the bill (again)
Instead of facing the music about bloated payrolls, they're taking the easy route: regionalization with a side of tax hikes. It's the perfect scheme - dump the financial mess on taxpayers while pretending it's about "efficiency."
To District 1 Voters: Congratulations!, your commissioner has evolved from party planner to tax planner. Turns out Hill's idea of fiscal responsibility is reaching deeper into your pockets.
Take Action: Contact Senator Skip Daly - Skip.Daly@sen.state.nv.us or (775) 359-0731. Tell him you support smart regionalization - but not as a backdoor tax grab. These municipalities need to solve this with existing fire budgets, not taxpayer bailouts.
Remember: When politicians say "additional funds needed," they mean your money. Don't let them spin this as anything else.
The party's over, Hill. Time to do your job without raiding our wallets.
State Senator Skip Daly’s notes for his BDR (Bill Draft Request) as shared with his trio of Hill, Schieve, and Lawson.