Both the Senate and Assembly taxation committee chairmen say the state does not need the tax. Gov. Kenny Guinn last week also reiterated for what seemed like the thousandth time his opposition to taxation by initiative petition. The fundamental fear of politicians is to not be re-elected, but nobody is going to lose his seat by supporting us.
People fundamentally believe in putting more money in schools.
We pretty much gave everybody a bye. A lot of people believe that taxes are all people are going to vote on, but that isn't true. They didn't want to be pictured as supporting a tax increase. After months of hearings, legislators passed the buck to the Clark County Commission. They authorized the commission to impose the tax increase.