WHAT IS AN INITIATIVE PETITION?
An Initiative Petition is now circulating to eliminate YOUR property taxes and YOUR personal property taxes in the State of Missouri. Have discovered many do not know what an Initiative Petition is or how it works.
First, in the State of Missouri YOU as a registered voter have the Constitutional Right to Initiative Petition. Initiative petitions are citizen-generated ballot questions, which, if passed by a majority vote, have the force of law, the same as if the state legislature passed them. To get on the ballot, you have to get a large number of signatures. (5% for Statutory Change, 8% for Constitutional Change… of the last Gubernatorial election votes cast)
The above-mentioned Initiative Petition took two years of following the rules, before it was “approved” by the Secretary of State for circulation. The positive aspect is that the petition comes directly from citizens and is passed directly by majority vote. Hence “politicking” is kept to a minimum, since no politician is involved. It is one of the most direct democratic means of passing laws. Of course, it’s still political; because politicians endorse voting for/against and so do interest groups. There will be plenty of TV/Radio advertisements.
Every petition must contain only voters registered in a particular “county”. The petitions must be numbered for each county 100 each in a folder and submitted with circulators’ forms to the Secretary of State by County (in this case) by 5pm May 2, 2010. Where they will be verified and then be distributed to local election authorities for signature verification. If all goes well, will be on the November 2010 ballot.
The most often asked question about this petition is, “what will take the place of the taxing”, my pat answer is to “ask your representatives in Jefferson City and largely the School Districts how they are going to change their reckless spending, ask them where the taxes YOU voted on from Lottery and Casino Gambling have gone that were presented to us to go to schools, we thought that was going to relieve our tax burden. And if you want your school to have those thousands of dollars in your property taxes, then by all means “give” it to your school, it will now become your discretionary funds to do what you want with. And the most important part of this Initiative is that you will now OWN your properties, they cannot be taken away from you forever increasing property taxes you cannot afford.
This Initiative Petition is being circulated by volunteers and is in need of volunteers, donations for costs and potential legal fees are needed. If you are interested in ELIMINATING your property taxes and personal property taxes contact BJ Lawrence 636-271-7817 beejayl@peoplepc.com
