This does accomplish changes. I had to alter it by taking out names, phone #'s and email addresses. We voted multiple times on the same issue. They (our govt.) didn't listen. So, it goes back on the ballot.
Some are sick and tired of it. She is not my Governor. She did not win.
If you are interested research it. It is complicated. Never the less we don't stop. WE ALREADY VOTED MORE THAN ONCE ON THIS ISSUE.
IT IS RIDICULOUS. They don't listen. Now they are doing it again.
"April 12, 2007
To: Our thousands of supporters throughout the state (cc'd to the media,
house & senate members, and Governor)
From:............ of the Taxpayer
Protection Initiative of 2007, ph: ***-***-****, email:
***_*****@*******.net,
http://www............ **************.com .......................
to our website..............
Politicians' lust for more tax dollars is insatiable. You'd think a
whopping $2 billion tax surplus would deter them from jacking up taxes
even higher and looking greedy. But they are simply shameless when it
comes to their unquenchable thirst for higher taxes.
We've just learned that the House and Senate approved a bill to allow
counties and cities to substantially increase car tab fees -- WITHOUT A
VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.
Now it's up to Governor ******* to decide if she respects the voters
or not (she hasn't said whether or not she'll sign the bill into law).
Flying under the radar screen for months (today's ****** News *******
article was the first story on this bill), House Bill 1858 is a triple
insult to the taxpayers:
1) This bill violates the voters' double decision on $30 car tabs
(1999's I-695 and 2002's I-776)
2) This bill violates the Legislature's decision in 2000 to set and
keep car tabs at $30
3) This bill tells counties and cities they can unilaterally impose
higher car tabs WITHOUT A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE
In 2002, the voters approved Initiative 776 which, among other
things, stopped COUNTIES from unilaterally imposing a $15 per vehicle fee.
The message was clear: no more car tab fees imposed by local governments
and, no matter what, no higher car tab fees without a vote of the people.
This bill replaces a smaller $15 fee with a larger $20 fee and, just to
add insult to injury, expands the governments that can impose it,
including BOTH counties AND cities. All without a vote of the people.
If Governor ******** signs this bill into law, she will be showing
the highest level of contempt for the voters.
In addition, ******* is diluting voter-approved Initiative 747's 1%
limit. Despite this limit being in effect for five years, we have yet to
find any taxpayer who feels their property tax bill wasn't high enough.
All we hear from taxpayers are complaints of massive increases in property
taxes. Again, this crushing property tax burden is occurring with I-747
in effect. Nonetheless, the Legislature is moving full steam ahead to
pass Enhanced Senate Bill 5498 that makes it much, much easier for local
governments to increase property taxes even more.
If ESB 5498 is approved in both the House and Senate, Governor
******** will again decide whether she respects the voters or not.
It's important to remember that candidate ******** promised, if
elected, not to raise taxes. She broke that promise in the 2005 and 2006
legislative sessions. We'll see how she does in 2007 when she decides the
fate of anti-$30-Tabs HB 1858 and anti-1%-limit ESB 5498.
-- END -- "
