Too many holes make
TABOR unwelcome plan

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The Titanic goes down. A few years later you decide to build exactly the same ship all over and send it off to play bumper pool with icebergs.

Does this make any sense?

Well, it makes just about as much sense as watching TABOR (Taxpayer Bill of Rights) sink in Colorado and then launching it all over again in Maine. Far from being a sea-worthy ship, TABOR has more holes in it than Swiss cheese.

TABOR sunk Colorado health care, high school graduation rates, crime control, immunization of children and quality K-12 education. It took a massive multimillion dollar struggle there to suspend TABOR and get the state moving again. Chambers of commerce and businesses in Colorado worked to get rid of TABOR in their state because it was so bad.

We don't need another TABOR disaster in Maine. On Nov. 7, I urge my fellow voters to vote "no" on 1.

Gary Sainio

Washington

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