Thursday, October 8, 2009

TABOR II initiative debated







(source: BangorDailyNews.com) BREWER, Maine — Representatives from both sides of the citizen’s initiative known as TABOR II debated at a forum Wednesday that highlighted a stark difference of opinion about government’s role in deciding state and municipal budgets.

Steve Bowen of the Maine Heritage Policy Center, a conservative lobbying group that drafted the spending cap initiative, said the latest Taxpayer Bill of Rights proposal is about building prosperity in Maine. Read more...

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