It appears Sam Rohrer’s bill to eliminate school property taxes and replace them with an expanded sales tax is not dead. If you want to see this happen, write or e-mail our legislators. Following is an e-mail I received from Jerry Thacker, People for Pennsylvania’s Future:
Dear Friend:
Thank you for your continued interest in the Commonwealth Caucus’ Plan for Pennsylvania’s Future. It has been a few months since I last contacted you about this plan to eliminate our school property taxes. If you have been following the Special Session on Tax Reform, it is clear that it has not yielded satisfactory results in how to best address school funding reform. However, the Commonwealth Caucus has received much public attention during this process and still remains on the House voting calendar. This means that all the bills are in a position in which they can be voted on immediately. This is something that no other plan can claim.
In an effort to move the stale-mated legislature along, the Commonwealth Caucus has drafted a key amendment that maintains the integrity of the plan while offering a few significant changes. These changes are detailed in the following letter, http://www.rightideas.us/ftp/pfpf/hb43memo.pdf, that was sent by Rep. Dennis Leh, Chairman of the House Finance Committee, and Rep. Sam Rohrer to House Leadership and copied to all House members.
You have been a consistent follower of our plan and I would ask that you once again contact your elected legislators as well as House and Senate leadership on this important issue and make your support known. Ask them to support the amendment to House Bill 43 and to push for a vote on the entire Commonwealth Caucus package. We need our supporters to speak loudly and clearly that property tax elimination through the “Plan for Pennsylvania’s Future” is no longer just an option but an absolute necessity.
Sincerely,
Jerry Thacker
People for Pennsylvania’s Future
3130 Pricetown Road ♦ Fleetwood, PA 19522 ♦ 610-929-8800 ♦ 610-929-8821 FAX
