By: Marcia Lincoln
November 1, 2007

Marcia Lincoln one of our Arizona Tax Revolt Coordinators in Tucson responded to this article with the following which will hopefully be published in the Star:

    Editor:

Let me share with you the real and unmentioned reason the Bond Measures will not be on the ballot between now and 1/1/2009.

Due to the Arizona Tax Revolt initiatives, Pima County officials find themselves between a rock and a hard place. Though that have an insatiable lust for even more of our tax dollars the initiatives for which we are gathering signatures, among other forward looking protections to benefit ALL property owners, give property taxing entities a choice in their 2009 property tax levy rollback.

If Pima County’s bond(s) were approved with less than a 2/3 vote then they would qualify themselves for a much lesser levy (property tax limit) in 2009. Even though they count the votes they can not be sure of reaching the 2/3 threshold. The county is not willing to gamble on bonds if the down side is a much larger cut in revenue. Arizona Tax Revolt structured the measures to achieve a tax reduction even before the voters can vote on our measures. Now let’s do our part to make the savings permanent by collecting as many signatures as we can!

Our message is that the voters merely need to decide whether they support the OVERTAXERS or the OVERTAXED, and then help themselves by putting the measures on the ballot.

Sincerely,
Marcia Lincoln
(520) 744-4211