
FlashReport Joins In Lawsuit Against Illegal Tax Hikes; Whitman Hits The Capitol
This morning at 11am, I will be at a press conference being headed up by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, where a group of us are filing a lawsuit today against the illegal action of the state legislature in allowing billions of dollars in potential new tax increases to be passed out of the State Senate and the State Assembly without the 2/3rds vote required under the State Constitution. Joining HJTA and the FlashReport in filing this suit are over 40 State Legislators (Republicans all, of course), the National Federation of Independent Business, Americans for Prosperity, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, and KFI radio talk show hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou.
As followers of Golden State politics know, in response to the reasonable and strong position of legislative Republicans that after increasing state spending by over 40% in just four years, our state’s fiscal crisis should not be resolved by punishing Californians and damaging the economy with new tax increases. Legislative Democrats cooked up a scheme to pass billions of dollars in new taxes without any GOP votes trying to use some legal… Read More