Well, that didn’t take long. The pro-tax team and their media shills at the Dallas Morning News to lay fault for defeat of their tax-and-fee at the feet of pesky taxpayers who didn’t line-up in support.
The Tarrant County Judge, Glen Whitley, is quoted on the Dallas Morning News blog as saying, "I don’t think any of us really believed that the opposition would be more successful in getting the grass roots support …while we had a lot of (official) support back home, we didn’t have the people calling in and basically filling up (lawmakers’ phone) system."
What a SHOCK! In a deep recession taxpayers aren’t running out to support higher taxes and more fees. Apparently Judge Whitley needs to get out and about more often.
As an aside, I see that the Dallas Morning News subscribers dropped 9.9% from last year. What ever could the market be saying…
