TABOR isn't perfect, but its time has come
Maine Sunday Telegram, October 15, 2006

(excerpt) It is true that this newspaper has several times expressed extreme skepticism that TABOR would produce all the benefits its sponsors claim. That skepticism remains, but other factors have combined to outweigh it.

First, when Maine voters in the past have confronted measures designed to cap taxes in draconic ways, they responded sensibly by rejecting them.

A problem arose, however, when citizens approved a school funding measure proposed by the Maine Municipal Association to require the state to provide 55 percent of local education funding. They were also promised that the referendum would produce significant property tax relief.

But when the Legislature amended the MMA proposal to postpone reaching the 55 percent level, it also declined to require that communities receiving increased funds for education apply them directly to property tax relief.

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