Special Session Overrun by Special Interests
If anyone had the opportunity to watch the Senate Hearings on PCN today concerning Property Tax Relief proposals you will note that special interest groups had a lot to say about not broadening sales tax to businesses. Lobbyist groups such as large businesses, accountants, lawyers, real estate industry, insurance groups, etc, etc, etc, do not want to see property tax reform.
Which politicians are in the "back pocket" of these special interest groups? Pennsylvanians have a right to know how much special interests are spending on legislators to influence the laws that are passed. And they definitely do influence decisions made by our elected officials.
Visit http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05342/619014.stm to read an article published on Post-Gazette.com in December, 2005 that addresses the issue of special interest groups.
We need to start asking our elected officials why the House has not adopted Senate Bill 1 on lobbyist registration. And, does this have anything to do with the apparent "fumbling" around the issue of property tax reform? YOU BET IT DOES!
nopropertytaxes@yahoo.com for e-mail list of House and Senate members
Which politicians are in the "back pocket" of these special interest groups? Pennsylvanians have a right to know how much special interests are spending on legislators to influence the laws that are passed. And they definitely do influence decisions made by our elected officials.
Visit http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05342/619014.stm to read an article published on Post-Gazette.com in December, 2005 that addresses the issue of special interest groups.
We need to start asking our elected officials why the House has not adopted Senate Bill 1 on lobbyist registration. And, does this have anything to do with the apparent "fumbling" around the issue of property tax reform? YOU BET IT DOES!
nopropertytaxes@yahoo.com for e-mail list of House and Senate members
posted by Helen | 6:24 PM
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