Former Governor Angus King speaks out against TABOR

[MaineDem]

PORTLAND, Maine — Former Maine Gov. Angus King has come out in opposition to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot.

King, an independent who served from 1995 to 2003, said the formula in TABOR won´t work because the costs of many areas of state government _ notably health care and transportation _ are rising faster than the rate of inflation.

"This means that the increases in these areas will eventually crowd out available dollars for everything else," King wrote in an opinion column in the Maine Sunday Telegram.

In his column, King presented his Top 10 reason to not vote for TABOR. The measure, he said, would take away local control, stifle real tax reform and put Maine on a a "maintenance-only budget."

http://news.mainetoday.com/apwire/D8KUAQB05-295.html

[GambitMG]

1. cool

He doesn't speak up much on public policy anymore (that I can tell)... s'cool to hear that he is against it.