President
Reagan once said, regarding the legislative branch, that you couldn't
make them see the light, but you could make them feel the heat.
A
very good example of that occurred this past week but first, some
background. Last May, the Republican dominated legislature was
looking for a way to fill an $800+ million budget hole
brought on by a fall in energy prices and tax cuts. The tax cuts
passed a few years ago were a good thing. Too bad state spending was
not cut as well.
My state representative Mark Lepak voted for the cigarette tax last year and this year. So when the cigarette tax came up last May, I called Mark Lepak and told him I hoped he'd vote against it and if he didn't, I'd run against him. He voted for the cigarette tax, called a 'fee,' and now I'm running against Mark Lepak.
