Lassiter launches the ‘T Bomb’
October 28th, 2009 by John Grooms in Boomer with an Attitude
Yesterday, GOP mayoral candidate John Lassiter called for rolling back all or part of 2006’s 9-percent property tax increase. It was a simple comment and wasn’t expressed with any more urgency than usual, but it was the equivalent of a bomb being thrown into the room. If Lassiter wins the mayoral race, his position on rolling back property taxes could be what provides him with his margin of victory.
Never mind the reasons for the 2006 increase (hiring cops and building streets), and never mind whether the increase did or didn’t do what it was supposed to. In a close race, when one candidate repeatedly calls for lowering taxes, particularly if it’s a tax his opponent voted for, you can pretty much guarantee that enough of Pavlov’s dogs will salivate, er, I mean enough addled citizens will react to the T-Bomb to get the lower-taxes candidate elected. Lassiter has brought up the 2006 increase before, but it’s been a lowkey part of his campaign. The key now is whether he continues to talk of rolling back property taxes — tonight’s debate at Spirit Square, broadcast on NBC6 at 7:30 p.m. will give Lassiter a chance to hammer the issue, if he sees it’s doing his campaign some good. It’s a close race, probably closer than Lassiter expected. It will be interesting to see whether or not he’ll resort to tax demagoguery, which has often been the favored tactic of Republicans who sense election trouble.
October 28th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Lowing taxes is a great thing. We can have all the cop we want as long as we let the chuchu train die. Its amazing when dems like Grooms are against people keeping their own hard earned money.