{"id":6,"date":"2025-08-13T20:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-02-03T12:33:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:33:52","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tax-Payer-logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tax-Payer-logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tax-Payer-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tax-Payer-logo.jpg 515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Welcome to the Solano Tax Watchers!!!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>We meet at 12:00pm every month on the second Friday at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Denny's\/@38.2197159,-122.1297093,17z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x808513b458e79a59:0x47d26419b34f69df!8m2!3d38.2197117!4d-122.1271344!16s%2Fg%2F1v29c798?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDkwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Denny&#8217;s, 304 Pittman Rd, Cordelia, CA 94585<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn&#8217;t mean politics won&#8217;t take an interest in you!&#8221; <br>&#8212; Pericles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;if a nation expects to be ignorant and free&#8230;it expects what never was and never will be.&#8221;&nbsp; <br>&#8212; Thomas Jefferson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I never worry about action&#8230;but on inaction&#8221; &#8212; Winston Churchill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What we do:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Reduce the burden of taxes by persuading governments to live within their revenues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Advocate open and efficient government by watching their actions and recommending ways to improve.\u00a0 How do we get involve:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Track local tax measures, bonds, and assessments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Review public budgets, contracts, and expenditures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Educate residents on how tax dollars are allocated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advocate for transparency and accountability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provide public commentary and reports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Empower citizens to engage in civic oversight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How we do it:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>* Attend city council and Solano County Board of Supervisors meetings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* Serve on the school bond Citizens Oversight Committees for Fairfield-Suisun, Vacaville, and Solano Community College districts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* Produced programs for local public access television on taxes and legislation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* Write a monthly column in Fairfield\u2019s Daily Republic newspaper, where we examine issues that impact the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why It Matters<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When citizens aren\u2019t watching, waste grows.  When no one asks questions, accountability fades.  When systems go unchecked, communities pay the price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Solano Tax Watchers is the watchdog.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Solano Tax Watchers!!! We meet at 12:00pm every month on the second Friday at Denny&#8217;s, 304 Pittman Rd, Cordelia, CA 94585 &#8220;Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn&#8217;t mean politics won&#8217;t take an interest in you!&#8221; &#8212; Pericles &#8220;if a nation expects to&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54,"href":"https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solanotaxwatchers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}