This year, legislators will spend most of the session pondering which taxes to increase, debating how much money to charge the state’s credit card, and a countless variety of new laws, (i.e.:  Is a sheltie more dangerous than a terrier?).  However, if this legislature truly wants to make a long-term difference in people’s lives, we should devote the vast majority of our time to dealing with the economy.
It is easy to forget that a year ago we had a budget surplus that topped $2 billion.  Liberal spending policies and misguided priorities burned through the entire surplus with little regard for what effect it would have on taxpayers or the economy as a whole.  We will now have to deal with a $373 million budget deficit that in all likelihood will get even deeper once session begins.
 As the deficit grows, the consequences of mismanaging the surplus are coming into sharper focus.  We’re losing jobs, the economy is heading south and our wallets are squeezed even tighter.
So already we hear talk about more borrowing and alleged stimulus plans from state politicians who apparently cannot fathom that tax relief will stave off impeding economic doom.  Perhaps if they had heeded our call for tax relief last year none of this would be necessary.  Don’t count on borrowing for a solution either.
 Our well-respected and nonpartisan state economist even said borrowing “provides no significant stimulus to an ailing economy.”  
The facts are simple:  No state has ever taxed, or borrowed, its way to prosperity.  The surefire way to improve the economy can be summed up in one word:  Growth.
Our economy grows when taxes are low for businesses that want to create jobs.  We have to compete for jobs in a global economy, but we don’t even score well against neighboring states when it comes to a jobs-friendly tax climate.  Chances are you’ve heard the radio commercials boasting about what a wonderful place South Dakota can be for a business.  South Dakota doesn’t tax personal or corporate income; we tax both at some of the highest rates in the country, and for the most part higher than our neighbors.  As a state we currently rank 37th in job growth.  No wonder we are suffering more in this current economic climate than most around the country.
Here is another scary fact:  In 1972 the top three job providers in the state of Minnesota were 3M, Honeywell and Dayton-Hudson; today three of the top five employers in the state are the State of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota and the federal government.  Such a dramatic change offers up two points.  The first illustrates that government sprawl has gone on unchecked for far too long.  Second, look at the names of those economic titans.  3M is still here, but excessive regulation threatens to drive some of their best jobs over seas.  Honeywell is long gone while Dayton-Hudson is more familiar to us now as Target.  It should sound a clear warning when none of these economic titans, or other business both large and small, can keep up with expanding government payrolls and the taxes we impose to afford it.
Besides low taxes, the legislature should spend time reviewing all of the regulatory burdens placed on businesses using a thorough cost-benefit analysis.  We need to realize that excessive regulations produce costs that result in stagnant wages and higher costs for consumers.  Eventually, business growth is stifled and, ultimately, businesses will move to a friendlier environment.
If we want this legislative session to have a long lasting, positive impact on Minnesota’s future, we must first focus on nurturing a strong economy.  Failing to do so will only extend and deepen our current downturn, putting into jeopardy all the necessities and niceties that we’ve come to take for granted.

Disclosure time. Rep. Buesgens is one of the fine House Representatives from my district - 35 (Mike Beard being his seat mate and my rep). However, even if he was not one of our fine representatives, I would be singing the praises of this op-ed. Rep. Buesgens covers, in one setting, all of the things that many of us here at True North have been saying needed to be changed.

Another school, another "gun free zone" and another free fire zone.  This time in the backyard of my childhood home....DeKalb Illinois. I will not claim to be an expert on the weapons that the shooter carried.  Rather, I would like to take a look at some of the background things that you need to know about Illinois as you take this tragedy into account.  First (as I said earlier) NIU is a "gun free zone" (HT Leo)

 

Students may not have or keep any firearm on their persons, in their quarters, or in their motor vehicles at any time while on university property except with the permission of the chief security officer of the university.

 

Second the shooter, Stephen Kazmierczak (kaz-mer-chak) was apparently off of his unspecified medications that caused him to act "erratically" in the last few weeks. 

 

Third, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (bla-goy-a-vich - trust me....you have to be a homey to pronounce this!) signed a bill last year that supposed to keep people LIKE Kazmierczak from getting a Firearms Owners ID (FOID) card as a result of last year's Virginia Tech shootings.  Given what is leaking out about Kazmierczak and his being off of his meds, it sounds like this young man would have been a candidate for the ISP database and yet he was issued a FOID card and allowed to legally purchase those guns last week (HT Gateway Pundit).

 

 

 

VICE-PRESIDENT: Steve Mazmierczak (sic). Steve served as an undergrad teaching aid for Sociology 388 (corrections) and 488 (juvenile delinquency) inspring, 2004. He has strong interests in justice reform and, as an oldersociology/criminal justice major, he brings experience and ideas to the group.My name is Steve Kazmierczak, and I'm a 3rd year student here at NIU. During my sophomore year I served as an aid for the SOCI170 web-board and last semester, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to be a team leader for SOCI488-Juvenile Delinquency. Since attending NIU, I've worked very hard as a student, and I know that I would be able to forth the same effort as an officer of the ACA. I feel that I'm committed to social justice, and if elected as treasurer I promise to serve the NIU chapter of the ACA to the best
of my ability.

You know it's going to be a long year for Democrats when it starts out like this.....

Just 15% of American voters say that Congress is doing a good or an excellent job. A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 46% now give Congress a poor rating. Bleak as those figures are, they reflect a modest improvement from a month ago when just 13% were willing to give the legislators
good or excellent marks for their efforts.

It's not just a national phenomenon either. Locally is almost as bleak according to this KSTP/SurveyUSA Poll.
 

9   Asked of 700 Adults   
  Margin
of Sampling Error for this question = ± 3.8%
 
  Do you approve or disapprove of the job being done by the Minnesota state
legislature?
  
29% Approve
 
50% Disapprove
 
20% Not Sure

Of course, when you have things like this dogging you like Majority Leader Kelliher does, it is no wonder the legislatures approval rating is so low.

A lot of Minnesota voters are asking the same question.  We have a bridge that needs to be built and yet the Senate and House Majority leadership is more concerned about raising our taxes than they are raising up a new bridge.  How low will the approval ratings have to go before the DFL Majority "gets it"?  If Republicans are lucky maybe it will take until November for them to get the hint.
 

 

Dear Minnesota Brady Campaign Member,
Soon, the State House of Representatives will consider HF 498, a bill that would allow a gun owner to shoot and kill another person in public areas, even if their life were not in danger. This bill eliminates a citizen's duty to avoid a threat and instead
allow the gun user to "shoot first" and ask questions later... or never.
CALL YOUR MINNESOTA STATE REPRESENTATIVE TODAY!
Tell him/her: "I urge you to oppose HF 498.Deadly force should not be a first resort in public!"
Click here to look up your State Representative's phone number.
This legislation permits the average citizen to bypass our entire justice system by permitting him or her to assume the role of police officer, prosecutor, judge, and executioner -- but it doesn’t stop there -- this bill also protects the shooter from criminal liability even if they kill or injure an innocent bystander!
Allowing people to use deadly force as a first resort in public can have deadly consequences for innocent bystanders who can be killed or injured in the crossfire.

OH MY...blood in the streets.....except for one small problem.  HF 498 doesn't exactly say what the Brady campaign says it says....HF 498 is Minnesota's Castle Doctrine bill.  What that means is that if you, as a permitted gun owner are in your home (that is not in public for those of you in Washington DC) and someone that you do not want in your home breaks into your home (again for clarification that would be NOT in public) you are allowed to defend your life, your family and your property by firing on said intruder.  Also covered in this legistion is your personal vehicle so that if you are a legal permit holder and some armed thug tries to car jack you, you are able to defend yourself in whatever manner necessary.  The law does go into great painstaking detail as to what presumptions must be met in order to meet the criteria of this bill and what the consequences are if those presumptions are NOT met.  There is no "by-passing" the justice system (as the Brady Campaign states).  Individuals who do use deadly force will still answer to the authorities in order to make sure that the presumptions of harm laid out in the bill were met. 

 

On Tuesday, I got a very interesting email in the Inbox. 

Greetings Congresswoman Betty McCullum,
 
The School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota is hosting the 4th annual National Public Health Week Film Festival April 7-11, 2008. We’d love for the Congressional Global Health Caucus to be a co-sponsor of our Tuesday, April 8, global heath-themed film, “¡Salude!.” The documentary tells the story of how the cash-strapped country of Cuba has become ‘one of the world’s best health systems.’
In 2007, the Film Festival attracted approx. 500 people. This year, we are please (sic) to announce that the City Pages is the exclusive media sponsor of the Film Festival. The City Pages reaches nearly 130,000 people from the area.
Your participation as a co-sponsor would help ensure this critical public health issue get the attention it deserves.
Here are two things we would ask of you as a co-sponsor:
1.      Spread the word. Help us advertise the Film Festival through your network, using various communications tools. This could include announcing it at an upcoming event, listing it in your newsletter, posting it on your organization’s calendar, or hanging or handing our Film Festival flyers.
2.      Drive attendance. Ask your staff, board of directors, key stakeholders and constituents to pledge their attendance in support of the Film Festival and environmental health.
 
In appreciation of being a co-sponsor, we’d:
1.      List your organization as a co-sponsor for Monday, April 7, 2008, on the NPHW Film Festival website; www.sph.umn.edu/filmfest08.
2.      Provide a table for you to display your organization’s information and other relevant materials in the evening on Monday, April 7. If your organization is looking for volunteers, please feel free to post a sign-up sheet at your table. Students at the University of Minnesota not only want to learn more about an issue, they want to know how they can participate in finding solutions to the problem.
3.      Offer a unique venue to raise awareness about environmental health and promote your coop.
 
The SPH hopes that the Congressional Global Health Caucus will join us in this
exciting event. Please feel free to contact me to discuss your participation.

Now I got this email just as Jazz and I were going on the air at MidStream Radio so I mentioned it to Jazz.  Jazz and I both expressed amazement in the fact that there was a "Global Health Caucus" (members include Rep. McCollum D-MN, Rep. Vic Snyder D-AR, Rep. Wayne Gilchrist R-MD, Rep. John Boozeman R-AR, Rep. Donna Christensen D-PR and Rep. Michael Simpson R-ID) and we decided that it was an issue worth pursuing at a later time.  So today we asked Fausta to come on and talk to us about it (since Fausta's specialty is Central American politics).  Luckily for us, Fausta had seen the movie "Salud! What puts Cuba on the map in the quest for global health" last spring at the Princeton Human Rights Film Festival.  One of the things that Fausta talked about (you can listen to the podcast here) was how the movie showed Cuban "medicos" (which do not necessarily mean doctors) do make regular house calls.....in the company of members of the Committee of the Revolution!  Let me clarify - the medicos are accompanied by a member OF THE GOVERNMENT and that member of the government is there to make sure that you (the person that the medico is checking up on) is not taking illegal drugs or you drink too much or whether you are eating right or not.  Again - let me clarify....the medicos bring government officials TO SEARCH YOUR HOUSE to make sure that you are not doing anything unhealthy!  That is what government run health care brings to you.

 

 

The first member of the audience to speak was a Princeton University student who
has travelled to Cuba three times and witnessed the deplorable conditions of a Cuban hospital (dirt, roaches, etc.), which he compared to the deplorable conditions of the pre-Cuban doctor South African hospital shown in the film. While on another trip he also witnessed how a Cuban citizen he rushed to an emergency room was turned away for being Cuban as that hospital only treated foreigners.  Another gentleman in the audience had a similar experience where he rushed a very ill Cuban to a hospital in the island and she was turned down because that hospital was for foreigners only.

 

 

On a final note, isn't it comforting to know that this propaganda (and there is no other word for it) is being funded by your tax dollars. 

Two years ago (WOW has it been that long?) I joined a long list of bloggers writing about the Islamic world's over-reaction to a bunch of crass, tasteless editorial cartoons that appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten. At the time I chastised our western media for their less than consistent reaction to the offense.

I am saddened, but not surprised, that our American media has choosen to kow-tow
to the fascists in radical Islam. For they are only more than willing to hand over their "cherished" free expression to a regime as long as that regime holds fast to the presses anti American sentiment. Shame on the US Media!

Now in the two years that have passed since Michelle Malkin's first Sammenhold blog burst, we have gotten some members of the media to admit what we have long suspected - that the media is afraid to criticize Islam, however we have also seen that the blogosphere has no such fear. 

 

Jyllands Posten and every other paper that ran the cartoons two years ago apologized for "offending" the religion of the perpetually offended.  Not content with that apology and burning down half of Paris (and any other city with a large Islamic population), a few members of the "Religion of Peace" decided to impose a little "justice" on cartoonist Kurt Westergaard (who drew the cartoon below).

Jazz Shaw (my Tuesday/Thursday co-host at Mid Stream Radio) has hooked up with a project to shed some light on the Democrats "Super" Delegates.  The "Supers" are unelected delegates to the DNC Convention and who are not bound by their states primaries as the regular delegates are.  As voters are finding out about the "Supers" they are less and less happy with their party. 

 

Much has been said, in the last week about the "Supers" but I think this is by far the best.

 

Nearly 20 percent of the delegates to the Democratic convention won't be chosen by voters. These are the modestly named "superdelegates." They are delegates because of a public or party office they hold. They are the Democrats' version of the House of Lords, vested with the power to disillusion optimistic primary voters. The party that has spent seven years decrying the result of the 2000 election may get an ugly look at itself.
The superdelegates are Democratic members of Congress and statewide elected officials (such as the secretary of the state), Democratic National Committee members and the state party chairmen. They may vote for whomever they choose,
unfettered by the results in their home state.
In a close race, they are free to name any price and shrug off any burden. A contested convention is a Valhalla for delegates who love a deal.

 

The Minnesota Monitor has the 4-1-1 on Minnesota's "supers".

The superdelegates include Democratic National Committee members living in Minnesota, all Democratic members of Congress, the Democratic governors if applicable, and distinguished party members -- which could include former U.S. presidents, vice presidents or former congressional leaders. In Minnesota, that includes former Vice President Walter Mondale. The same formula is applied to the other states...Of the 14 superdelegates from Minnesota, six have not endorsed a presidential candidate: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Reps. Tim Walz and Collin Peterson, DFL Chair Brian Melendez, DFL Vice Chair Donna Cassutt and Democratic National Committeeman Ken Foxworth.
Four have endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton: Mondale and Democratic National Committee members Jackie Stevenson, Rick Stafford and Hubert "Buck" Humphrey.
Two have endorsed Sen. Barack Obama: Reps. Keith Ellison and Betty McCollum, and two have endorsed John Edwards: Rep. Jim Oberstar and Democratic National Committee member Nancy Larson.

According to the site 2008 Democratic Convention Watch the final "super" for MN is State Senator Mee Moua and only Rep. Peterson, Sen. Klobuchar, Chairman Melendez, Vice Chair Cassutt and National Committeeperson Larson are undecided so the situation is fluid.

 

All of the "supers" are getting a full court press from the candidates.  I have to agree with Jazz and the rest of the voices who are calling for the reform of the DNC's delegate convention process.  This is so very unDemocratic and definitely no way to choose a candidate.

This song goes out to all of the disgruntled Conservatives out there. You know who you are...you are the ones who are saying that no matter what you say or what you do, the Republican Party is a mess and nothing can clean it up. Well Logical Lady Michelle Malkin has a few words for you!

"Quo vadis," conservatives? It's the ancient, apocryphal question the apostle Peter asked Jesus while fleeing persecution in Rome. Where are you going? Where do we go from here? ...Dissatisfied with the flawed crop of GOP candidates who lacked the energy, organizational skills, and ideological strength to carry the conservative banner and ignite your passions? Then pay attention to the next generation of Republican state legislators who do vote consistently to lower your taxes, uphold the sanctity of life, defend marriage, and cut government spending. Support their re-election bids. Reward them for standing with you instead of their Democrat pponents and the liberal media.
Look at Barack Obama. Four years ago, he was in the Illiniois legislature. Now, he's on the cusp of the presidency.

BINGO Michelle! This is something that I was saying two years ago. You say you are mad at President Bush for his free-spending, open borders ways...you say you are mad at Governor Green Jeans for his sophomoric enviro-centric ways????? Then get behind someone like Rep. Mark Buesgens (HD35B) or Rep. Steve Gottwalt (HD15A) or Rep. Chris DeLaForest (HD49A) or Logical Lady Rep. Mary Liz Holberg (HD36A). This is just a small sample of some of the FANTASTIC conservative representation that we have right here in Minnesota. Any one of these folks could be our next Governor, Senator or even President!

After I get done with my precinct caucuses, I will be over at Heading Right talking about the results of the night.  Please join us as we dissect the results and what it will mean for the Republican race going forward!

Coming off of Governor Romney’s win in Maine, comes some pre-Super-Di-Dooper Tuesday news that, if accurate, could be the turnaround his supporters have been longing for (all links courtesy of Townhall.com).
 
First is this from Denver.

 

Mitt Romney enjoys a dominant, 19-point lead over John McCain among Republicans likely to attend Colorado caucuses Feb. 5, with Mike Huckabee trailing and Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani barely registering a nod, according to a Denver Post poll.

Reuters/Zogby has Romney up 3 points on McCain in California and Rasmussen has them tied.

 

Three days ago, Rasmussen had Senator McCain comfortably ahead in Georgia....today he is up by only 2 points and Insider Advantage has Romney actually up by 1 point.

 

 

As construction of the new 35W Bridge continues ahead of schedule to go up, so does the level of political bickering.  About the only thing legislators agree on is it is the other guys fault and MN needs decisive action NOW.

The action called for includes many options, usually Carol Molnau’s job, tax increases, and more spending on transportation. Again, repeat after me: Priority spending must be on Roads and Bridges, Roads and Bridges, Roads and Bridges.

Scott Newman sent a letter to Republican leadership and the media last week. It reads as follows:
 
Gentlemen:
                In deciding whether to proceed with legislation to create a special compensation fund for victims of the 35W bridge collapse, please consider the following:

1.      Every victim has available mandatory no fault automobile coverage consisting of medical expenses, wage loss, replacement services or survivors benefits.

2.      Every victim had the right to purchase increased no fault coverage over the state mandatory minimum.

3.      Every victim has available or had a right to elect to purchase health insurance and disability insurance to cover medical expenses and lost wages.

4.      Every victim who has had medical bills paid under an “Erisa” (federal law) health insurance policy will receive bridge compensation funds only after the health insurance company has been reimbursed from the fund for medical bills paid.  

5.      The government should get involved in disaster relief type payments for the public good only and not be an insurer for damages claimed by private persons.

6.      The legislature has deemed it appropriate to cap damages in any single event where the state may be liable, at one million dollars. In this case, legislation to tender the one million dollars to the court would be appropriate. The effect of such legislation would be to protect the state from the cost of multiple lawsuits and would allow the correct branch of government to determine distribution of the funds.

7.      We have approximately five million people in Minnesota and about 100 bridge victims. To create a special class of claimants for a small group is an extraordinarily risky proposition with a very real possibility of unintended consequences resulting. This is generally true when the government attempts to treat one group of people differently or provides benefits unique to that group. For example, individual claimants in cases other than the bridge collapse in which the State of Minnesota has potential liability, could request the State to set up a special compensation fund for them as it did for the 35W bridge victims. If the State refused or failed to act, they would have standing to file separate suits in State or Federal Court claiming among other causes of action a violation of equal protection and discrimination.

As outlined above, this proposed legislation is fraught with legal issues, unintended consequences and will set a dangerous precedent. Consequently, I encourage you to carefully research and analyze this bill before lending any support to the Bridge Compensation Fund.  

Respectfully Submitted:

Scott J. Newman

(Scott Newman is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from Hutchinson)
 

On Wednesday, State Senator Scott McCoy (D-Salt Lake) introduced a bill that should make all freedom loving Americans shudder (HT - The Senate Site).

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 41-6a-1716 is enacted to read: 41-6a-1716. Smoking in vehicle prohibited when child is present
-- Penalty --
Enforcement.
(1) As used in this section, "smoking" has the same meaning as defined in Section 26-38-2 .
(2) Smoking is prohibited in a motor vehicle if a child who is less than five years of age is restrained or is required to be restrained in a child restraint device in the vehicle in accordance with Section 41-6a-1803 .
(3) A person who violates this section is guilty of an infraction and is subject to a maximum fine of $45.
(4) The court may suspend the fine for a violation of this section if:
(a) the person has not previously been convicted of a violation of this section; and
(b) the person proves to the court that the person has enrolled in a smoking cessation
program.
(5) Enforcement of this section by a state or local law enforcement officer shall be only as a secondary action when the vehicle has been detained for a suspected violation by any person in the vehicle of Title 41, Motor Vehicles, other than this section, or for another offense.S. (6) A violation of this section may not be used as a basis for or evidence of child abuse or neglect as defined in Section 62A-4a-402. .S

The Senate Site also posts a You Tube Video of Senator McCoy and Senator trying to justify this assualt on private property rights!

"We had the foresight and the where with all to say you have to have your child strapped in a car seat, to protect them against a hypothetical, potential harm from an automobile accident yet uh there are some that would have us say we won't protect them from a known present danger of second hand smoke if someone lights up a cigarette..."

Well first off Senator, it is a proven fact that automobile accidents KILL KIDS. There is still plenty of debate on whether second hand smoke kills anyone. I want to go to one specific quote from one of the links provided.

The question of whether or not ETS exposure is high enough to induce and/or promote the carcinogenic effects observed in epidemiological studies thus remains open, and the assumption of an increased risk of lung cancer due to ETS exposure is, at present, more a matter of opinion than of firm scientific
evidence.

As a child you really have no say so in what's going on...you don't tell tell 'em where to turn, you don't tell 'em how fast to drive, and you don't tell 'em not to smoke.

We are not going to go into the people's bedrooms...we regulate the roads.

Better yet - I will repeat what I have said all along (during the debate over the MN smoking ban)...if smoking is such a hazard to human health then ban the sale of cigarettes ALTOGETHER! Make them as illegal to possess as marijuana or heroin is. However, we all know that will never happen in a million years because our government (state and federal) is too addicted to the tax dollars that tobacco sales brings in.

 

WHEREAS: Minnesota ranks 35th out of 50 on the ALEC Laffer Competitiveness study for 2006 and

WHEREAS: the reason for that ranking is due to oppressive government regulation on businesses and the tax burden that is placed on the citizens and employers of Minnesota and due to the fact that the government (at all levels) is the number one employer in the state of Minnesota

BE IT RESOLVED: We support a reduction in all taxes in Minnesota including (but not limited to) corporate and individual income taxes, corporate and individual property taxes, sales taxes, estate/inheritance taxes, all user and licensing fees and

BE IT ALSO RESOLVED: We support the reduction of all levels of government in the state so that the government is not the number one employer in the state.

 

The nice thing about resolutions (as SD42Webmaster reminded me in the comments to my post here) is that this is one of the few times in your life when copying from your friends (and favorite bloggers) is not only allowed it is encouraged!  Feel free to share these with your friends, family and co-workers and if you have any resolutions that YOU would like to see proposed - leave them in the comments!  I'd love to hear from you!

 

WHEREAS:The state government is supposed to only be "involved" in businesses in order to regulate business in the realm of public safety and

WHEREAS the state government is supposed to be a neutral observer in business as it relates to competition.  Therefore:

BE IT RESOLVED that Government cannot use taxpayers money to promote private companies' products on the state web site, including pharmaceutical companies. 

WHEREAS accountability to the electorate should be the number one priority of ALL elected officials and

WHEREAS the strongest government is the most transparent government and

WHEREAS Government waste is legendary and accountability is questionable at best.

BE IT RESOLVED that we support an open audit every unit of government

BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that government should provide a single public data base for all state contracts and grants that is open to the public for viewing and public input.  
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that all city, state, county and school budgets be open to the publion the Internet in a taxpayer friendly easy to read format. Taxpayers should not need a court order or the Freedom of Information Act to see how every penny of our tax dollars is spent. 
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that each department of the state government should have their budget posted on an easily accessible website where taxpayers can see the budget - line by line.
 
WHEREAS: Minnesota is the 16th highest taxed state in the union.

WHEREAS: We acknowledge that the ever increasing tax burden on our citizens is driving people out of Minnesota taking with them jobs and capital that is essential to positive growth in the state.

BE IT RESOLVED: We oppose the creation of a 4th tier income tax bracket in Minnesota.

BE IT ALSO RESOLVED: We 0ppose a new sales half cent sales tax for the metro area.

BE IT ALSO RESOLVED: We oppose a statewide wheelage tax.

BE IT ALSO RESOLVED: W oppose a statewide gas tax increase and instead we support spending priorities that are placed on roads and bridges not community centers and stadiums.

 

WHEREAS: Government should not be forcing business owners out of business by banning them from using a LEGALLY SOLD substance

BE IT RESOLVED that we support hardship waivers to statewide smoking ban.