With taxes on the rise and a projected deficit of 3.2 billion I feel we need to make sure that our elected officials will not raise our taxes. Only Don Benton and Joseph James have signed their "no new tax pledge". So I know that they will at least not raise our taxes because we can hold them accountable.
On the other hand, their opponents David Carrier and Tim Probst have not yet signed this pledge. I think the voters of the 17th need to encourage all of our candidates to sign the "no new tax pledge"--if they will not, that will be evidence that we can not count on them to protect our bank accounts.
