CARSON CITY -- The group fighting a November ballot measure to rein in government spending got most of its money from a Nevada Political Action Committee called Nevada Tomorrow, based out of corporate offices of Green Valley developer and newspaper editor Brian Greenspun.

Nevada Tomorrow, in turn, reported $945,000 in contributions, several in the form of $100,000 donations from large casinos, university system chancellor and television station owner Jim Rogers and Greenspun himself.

All ballot questions will be on the November general election ballot, not today's primary election ballot.

The Tax and Spending Control for Nevada measure, or TASC, would cap government spending to increases in population growth plus inflation. It qualified for the November ballot primarily through the efforts of state Sen. Bob Beers, R-Las Vegas, a Republican candidate for governor in today's primary.

A group called Nevadans for Nevada is challenging the legality of the TASC constitutional amendment in court. A hearing before the state Supreme Court is set for Aug. 23.

The anti-TASC group is headed by Danny Thompson, secretary-treasurer of the state AFL-CIO.

In its financial report, Nevadans for Nevada said it collected about $633,000 to fight TASC. Of that amount, just over $500,000 came from Nevada Tomorrow.

Contributors to Nevada Tomorrow, besides Rogers and Greenspun, include $100,000 from Harrah's, $100,000 from IGT, $100,000 from Station Casinos and $50,000 from the Nevada Resort Association, among others.

The political action committee reported spending nearly all of its money, $922,000, with more than half going to the anti-TASC effort.

Robert Solomon, listed as president of Nevada Tomorrow, did not return the Review-Journal's phone call seeking comment. His phone number on the contribution and expense report was to a Greenspun company called American Nevada Co. American Nevada Co. is a land development firm whose projects include Green Valley and Seven Hills.

Beers said he was not aware of the identities of the contributors funding the opposition to his measure. He also said he was surprised by who some of them were.

"I would think they would like it (TASC)," he said.

Beers said there is a lot of misunderstanding about the effect of the measure, and that confusion could be driving the contributions to the anti-TASC group.

For its part, TASC received $646,000 in contributions, with dozens of small amounts from Nevada residents. The biggest contribution, $625,000, came from a group called Americans for Limited Government out of Chicago, Illinois.

The group's chairman is real estate and business entrepreneur Howard Rich. The group's goal is to work with local groups using the direct initiative process to change public policy in favor of less government.

Americans for Limited Government also funded the November measure to restrict the ability of governments to take private land through the power of eminent domain.

Called the People's Initiative to Stop the Taking of Our Land, or PISTOL, the group reported $217,000 in cash donations and $203,000 in expenditures. About $169,000 came from the Chicago group.

That measure is being challenged in court as well.

Other groups supporting or opposing measures on the November ballot that filed reports with the secretary of state's office include:

• The Committee to Regulate and Control Marijuana, which has a measure to decriminalize possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana for recreational use. The group collected almost $437,000, spending $338,000. The biggest donation, $350,000 came from the Marijuana Policy Project, a national group seeking to ease criminal penalties for marijuana possession.

• Nevadans for Tobacco Free Kids, which has a measure on the ballot to restrict where people can smoke, reported $70,000 in donations and $58,000 in expenses. The donations came from the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Association. This measure also faces a court challenge.

• A group opposed to Question 6 on the November ballot, which would raise the minimum wage by $1 an hour to $6.15, reported $103,000 in contributions and $62,000 in expenditures. The biggest donation to Nevadans Against Question 6, or Nix 6, came in the form of a $50,000 contribution from the National Restaurant Association.