Listen to testimonials
from TABOR forums
throughout the state.

WEAC members can help fight these destructive tax gimmicks by contacting their legislators. Postcard parties, like the one above at Northwest United Educators, are occurring throughout the state.

Local leaders also are asked to urge their members to visit the WEAC Cyberlobby in the Members Only area of OnWEAC and e-mail their representatives. The Cyberlobby also contains background information and talking points to assist members in discussing the issue.

For more information about the anti-tax gimmick efforts, contact Bob Burke, WEAC legislative program coordinator, at burkeb@weac.org or by phone at 800-362-8034 ext. 254.

Georgia Republicans
drop spending cap plan

In November, 2005, Georgia House Republicans pulled two major proposals off their 2006 legislative agenda: one that would cap state spending and another that would trade property-tax funding of education for a higher sales tax.

In an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) says:

"... to constitutionally limit the responsibility of lawmakers to set our state's budgetary parameters is ill-advised [and] might have devastating consequences during difficult economic times and statewide emergencies when budgetary flexibility is necessary to meet the needs of Georgians."