Former Nevada Taxpayers Association president dies

Carole Vilardo, the erstwhile president of the Nevada Taxpayers Association, died Sunday successful Las Vegas astatine the property of 80, the radical said.

Vilardo started with the NTA successful 1986, overseeing the Southern Nevada bureau and lobbying astatine the legislature. She was named acting enforcement manager successful 1988 and president successful 1989, a presumption she held until her status successful 2016.

An NTA quality merchandise remembered her arsenic “a payer advocator icon.”

“She was a careful, creative, and captious thinker who work broadly and thought deeply. With Carole’s passing, she leaves down a bequest that volition long-serve arsenic a benchmark for each Nevadans,” NTA President Cindy Creighton said successful the release. “It was an implicit privilege to beryllium her friend, beryllium inspired by her imaginativeness and guidance, and to perceive to her unthinkable stories and past lessons.”

Throughout her career, Vilardo besides served connected galore authorities and section committees and held the presumption of nationalist subordinate connected 2 studies of Nevada’s taxation system.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak shared his condolences connected Twitter.

“Kathy & I are keeping Carole’s household & friends successful our prayers arsenic they mourn her passing,” helium wrote. “Carole’s interaction connected Nevada volition beryllium felt for generations.”

Kathy & I are keeping Carole’s household & friends successful our prayers arsenic they mourn her passing. Carole’s interaction connected Nevada volition beryllium felt for generations. Six years ago, Jane Ann Morrison wrote “Carole Vilardo is simply irreplaceable.” That’s true. https://t.co/suj3Qrex5U

— Governor Sisolak (@GovSisolak) December 6, 2021

The Vegas Chamber besides weighed in.

“RIP Carole Vilardo,” the enactment wrote connected Twitter. “Through her galore years with @NevadaTaxpayers, she guided NV leaders connected the fundamentals of bully taxation policy. She was a trusted dependable & served the precise champion interests of our state. The Vegas Chamber valued our narration with Carole & volition miss her.”

RIP Carole Vilardo. Through her galore years with @NevadaTaxpayers, she guided NV leaders connected the fundamentals of bully taxation policy. She was a trusted dependable & served the precise champion interests of our state. The Vegas Chamber valued our narration with Carole & volition miss her.

— Vegas Chamber (@lvchamber) December 6, 2021

Sisolak besides shared a Review-Journal story from 2016, written conscionable aft Vilardo’s retirement, that examines her bequest and interaction connected Las Vegas and the Silver State.

Contact Jonah Dylan astatine jdylan@reviewjournal.com. Follow @TheJonahDylan connected Twitter.