Growing Our Party

Finally, a conservative John

Everyone knows that Arizonans have had too many Washington Rent-a-Jo(h)ns in recent history. This year we have the chance to send two of them back to the shop for cleaning and permanent retirement. That would be a definite plus for our environment.

However, we have a new John in the House that works with the water from a conservative spring. John Kavanagh is the Appropriations Chair in the Arizona House of Representatives who is standing in the way of a bill that would be a tax increase for every household that can still afford a motor vehicle.

Rep. Russ Jones, one of the most liberal members that Reagan Republicans have to contend with on nearly every issue, has introduced a bill that would place a $12.00 new tax annually on every privately owned vehicle in the state. That new tax would be split - with $9.00 going directly to the State Parks Department and $3.00 going to the Department of Transportation to administer the program. Rep. Jones states he has the votes to ram this tax increase over the top of conservative republicans if he can get it to the floor.

Rep. Kavanagh, the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has places a huge roadblock to Jones' plan to increase taxes by another $25,000,000.00 every year. The Reagan conservative John has refused to hear the bill in his committee and has refused to have the bill released from his control. This bad bill is espcially offensive as it would disproportionately impact our seniors on fixed incomes and our neighbors who have just lost their jobs in this recession caused by government excesses.

Take a minute, contact Rep. Kavanagh's office and thank him for protecting you from another politically correct, big government tax grab. His e-mail address is: jkavanagh@azleg.gov. If you want to express your opposition to Rep. Jones' continued support of big government, you can contact him at: rjones@azleg.gov.