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Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt outlined four steps to help with Nevada's ever-increasing property taxes when she spoke yesterday at the Incline Village Crystal Bay Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
One way people can keep tax increases down is to claim economic hardship for property tax increases, she said. The second step lawmakers can take is to make sure the benefits of caps on property tax increases get spread to apartment dwellers and business owners.
Hunt said Nevada might need to make a change in its Constitution to aid in slowing the increase of property taxes. This includes having new properties taxed at their value. The fourth step she pointed out is that when properties are sold, they get placed back on the tax role at the cost of the sale.
Hunt said these steps would ensure money to fund state programs. In addition, the caps could be adjusted in the future, if necessary.
"I'm concerned about these formulas some of the legislators are coming up with," she said. "They don't explain what they mean." How do they expect people to vote for something they can't explain? she asked.
Hunt is wary of legislators who seem to want their names on a tax cap bill.
"It can't be a plan; it has to be a consensus," she said.
Hunt also said people need to beware of bureaucracy.
"Anything they do should not establish a new bureaucracy," she said.
The Lieutenant Governor described her journey to public office in down-to-earth terms.
Hunt said that growing up in Las Vegas, she knew the ratpack celebrities during the 1960s and in the 1970s, her Italian family started a restaurant, the Bootlegger Bistro, which her mother still runs.
She attended the Westlake School of Music and after attending for a year, began touring, singing at Harrah's among other casinos and clubs, and she still sings with the restaurant's jazz trio whenever she can.
Her segue into politics, particularly business-related politics, emanated directly from her business experience.
It was her work at the family restaurant that taught Hunt about small business. Her mother told her about the rules and regulations, and Hunt soon began to realize how oppressive government could be to the small-business owner.
"Government doesn't understand the needs of small business," she told her mom.
Her mother countered with, "You better get out there and do something about it."
Hunt began by becoming involved with the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. She went to bat for small business first on the local level and by 1986, she was testifying in Carson City as an elected delegate to the White House Council on Small Business.
"That really got me going," she said.
Hunt next became the second female to chair the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. Then, someone approached her to run for political office.
"I thought to myself, 'But I'm a music major,'" she told the audience.
Her friend convinced her that her business experience made her a natural choice.
"In a weak moment, I agreed," she said.
She first ran for Clark County Commissioner - the largest government entity in the state except for the State of Nevada. Hunt was the first woman to run the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, and she also founded the Continental National Bank.
When she told her friend she wanted to run for Lt. Governor - a position considered less powerful than those she currently held - Hunt replied, "I got into this to be creative, entrepreneurial."
Gov. Richard Bryant appointed her to an "at large" position, giving her free rein to travel the state and find out what could be done to help the state's economy.
Hunt has held the office since 1998.
Hunt spoke about plans to complete the V&T Railroad from Carson City to Virginia City and the downtown revitalization initiated by the Truckee River corridor upgrades.
Elko County is creating an 800-acre industrial park, and she is working to get $1 million from the governor's budget to develop the transportation port of Elko, she told the luncheon group.
"We need to maintain an entrepreneurial climate," Hunt said. When businesses are prospering, there will be enough money for education, social services, and all of the other programs deemed important by Nevada's citizens.
"I truly believe Nevada can become a global hub of business," Hunt said. "If you see my name on the ballot in '06, vote for me."
One way people can keep tax increases down is to claim economic hardship for property tax increases, she said. The second step lawmakers can take is to make sure the benefits of caps on property tax increases get spread to apartment dwellers and business owners.
Hunt said Nevada might need to make a change in its Constitution to aid in slowing the increase of property taxes. This includes having new properties taxed at their value. The fourth step she pointed out is that when properties are sold, they get placed back on the tax role at the cost of the sale.
Hunt said these steps would ensure money to fund state programs. In addition, the caps could be adjusted in the future, if necessary.
"I'm concerned about these formulas some of the legislators are coming up with," she said. "They don't explain what they mean." How do they expect people to vote for something they can't explain? she asked.
Hunt is wary of legislators who seem to want their names on a tax cap bill.
"It can't be a plan; it has to be a consensus," she said.
Hunt also said people need to beware of bureaucracy.
"Anything they do should not establish a new bureaucracy," she said.
The Lieutenant Governor described her journey to public office in down-to-earth terms.
Hunt said that growing up in Las Vegas, she knew the ratpack celebrities during the 1960s and in the 1970s, her Italian family started a restaurant, the Bootlegger Bistro, which her mother still runs.
She attended the Westlake School of Music and after attending for a year, began touring, singing at Harrah's among other casinos and clubs, and she still sings with the restaurant's jazz trio whenever she can.
Her segue into politics, particularly business-related politics, emanated directly from her business experience.
It was her work at the family restaurant that taught Hunt about small business. Her mother told her about the rules and regulations, and Hunt soon began to realize how oppressive government could be to the small-business owner.
"Government doesn't understand the needs of small business," she told her mom.
Her mother countered with, "You better get out there and do something about it."
Hunt began by becoming involved with the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. She went to bat for small business first on the local level and by 1986, she was testifying in Carson City as an elected delegate to the White House Council on Small Business.
"That really got me going," she said.
Hunt next became the second female to chair the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. Then, someone approached her to run for political office.
"I thought to myself, 'But I'm a music major,'" she told the audience.
Her friend convinced her that her business experience made her a natural choice.
"In a weak moment, I agreed," she said.
She first ran for Clark County Commissioner - the largest government entity in the state except for the State of Nevada. Hunt was the first woman to run the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, and she also founded the Continental National Bank.
When she told her friend she wanted to run for Lt. Governor - a position considered less powerful than those she currently held - Hunt replied, "I got into this to be creative, entrepreneurial."
Gov. Richard Bryant appointed her to an "at large" position, giving her free rein to travel the state and find out what could be done to help the state's economy.
Hunt has held the office since 1998.
Hunt spoke about plans to complete the V&T Railroad from Carson City to Virginia City and the downtown revitalization initiated by the Truckee River corridor upgrades.
Elko County is creating an 800-acre industrial park, and she is working to get $1 million from the governor's budget to develop the transportation port of Elko, she told the luncheon group.
"We need to maintain an entrepreneurial climate," Hunt said. When businesses are prospering, there will be enough money for education, social services, and all of the other programs deemed important by Nevada's citizens.
"I truly believe Nevada can become a global hub of business," Hunt said. "If you see my name on the ballot in '06, vote for me."
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