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Democrats have a real plan for property tax relief
Anyone who has followed the school funding/property tax issue knows darn well that their property taxes have gone up because state funding for K-12 education has gone down. It’s supposed to be between 60 and 70 percent. Instead, it’s now around 40 percent, causing local school districts to raise property taxes.
Yesterday, Brent Edison, along with our legislative leaders Merle Boucher and David O’ Connell, unrolled a plan for real, sustainable school funding and property tax relief. It isn’t a one time deal like the governor’s plan. Check out the article below for more details.
Winter’s back
Thirty degrees Fahrenheit with a 20 mile an hour wind and blowing snow. That was the weather in Bismarck last night when people with normal jobs usually get off of work.
It’s a big reason why we’ve been bugging you to vote early. Why put up with the possibility of bad weather on Election Day? All you have to do is click here to print a request for an absentee ballot. Fill it out and send it in or bring it down to your county auditor’s office, and they’ll give you a ballot to fill out or send one to you. It will ensure old man winter won’t stop you from your constitutional right.
Grotberg is grasping at straws
Republican Senate candidate Dwight Grotberg held news conferences in Bismarck and Fargo yesterday. He was telling reporters that Senator Kent Conrad has not done enough for farmers and for energy policy. I think Grotberg is confused. What a bunch of hooey!
Senator Conrad fought hard for disaster relief in this last session. He led the charge. Grotberg’s party shot it down. In fact, President Bush said he’d veto the disaster relief if it passed the House.
Also, Senator Conrad has a very comprehensive energy plan called the BOLD (Breaking Our Long-Term Dependence) initiative. It calls for enhanced domestic production of energy with a strong emphasis on renewables. Now that’s good for North Dakota.
I don’t know about you, but Grotberg is sure barking up the wrong tree.
-Rick
Anyone who has followed the school funding/property tax issue knows darn well that their property taxes have gone up because state funding for K-12 education has gone down. It’s supposed to be between 60 and 70 percent. Instead, it’s now around 40 percent, causing local school districts to raise property taxes.
Yesterday, Brent Edison, along with our legislative leaders Merle Boucher and David O’ Connell, unrolled a plan for real, sustainable school funding and property tax relief. It isn’t a one time deal like the governor’s plan. Check out the article below for more details.
Winter’s back
Thirty degrees Fahrenheit with a 20 mile an hour wind and blowing snow. That was the weather in Bismarck last night when people with normal jobs usually get off of work.
It’s a big reason why we’ve been bugging you to vote early. Why put up with the possibility of bad weather on Election Day? All you have to do is click here to print a request for an absentee ballot. Fill it out and send it in or bring it down to your county auditor’s office, and they’ll give you a ballot to fill out or send one to you. It will ensure old man winter won’t stop you from your constitutional right.
Grotberg is grasping at straws
Republican Senate candidate Dwight Grotberg held news conferences in Bismarck and Fargo yesterday. He was telling reporters that Senator Kent Conrad has not done enough for farmers and for energy policy. I think Grotberg is confused. What a bunch of hooey!
Senator Conrad fought hard for disaster relief in this last session. He led the charge. Grotberg’s party shot it down. In fact, President Bush said he’d veto the disaster relief if it passed the House.
Also, Senator Conrad has a very comprehensive energy plan called the BOLD (Breaking Our Long-Term Dependence) initiative. It calls for enhanced domestic production of energy with a strong emphasis on renewables. Now that’s good for North Dakota.
I don’t know about you, but Grotberg is sure barking up the wrong tree.
-Rick
posted by Dem-NPL at 10:31 AM
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