We all get them in the mail. Those surveys from our state legislators. How many of you actually take the time to fill them out and mail them back? How many of you think it's not worth the bother?
If you don't tell your legislators what issues are important to you and your family, it tells them they aren't important enough to vote for in the legislative session.
How many of you have told your state representatives you support Senate Joint Resolution 1, the property tax cap legislation? Do you want the tax caps made permanent or do you want to keep paying exhorbitant property tax bills? Or should the special interest groups and the lobbyists keep getting what they want (more spending of your hard-earned tax dollars)?
If you don't tell your legislators, how will they know what their constituents want?
If SJR1 passes this year, Hoosier voters will get the opportunity to vote in a referendum next year in 2010 to make the tax caps permanent in the Indiana Constitution. We should be able to vote on this important issue because it is our money and our government!
If you don't want to fill out the survey by mail, you can fill out the legislative surveys online.
Listed below are the links to your respective state representative and state senators.
Linda Lawson, State Representative, District 1
http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/lawson_index.html
Earl Harris, State Representative, District 2
http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/harris_index.html
Charlie Brown, State Representative, District 3
http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/brown_index.html
Ed Soliday, State Representative, District 4
http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_republicans/homepages/r4/
Dan Stevenson, State Representative, District 11
http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/stevenson_index.html
Mara Candelaria Reardon, State Representative, District 12
http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/reardon_index.html
Chet Dobis, State Representative, District 13
http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/dobis_index.html
Vernon Smith, State Representative, District 14
http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/smith_index.html
Don Lehe, State Representative, District 15 http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_republicans/homepages/r15/
Shelli VanDenburgh, State Representative, District 19
http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/vandenburgh_index.html
Frank Mrvan, State Senator, District 1
http://www.in.gov/legislative/senate_democrats/homepages/s1/
Lonnie Randolph, State Senator, District 2
http://www.in.gov/legislative/senate_democrats/homepages/s2/contactme.htm
Earline Rogers, State Senator, District 3
http://www.in.gov/legislative/senate_democrats/homepages/s3/contactme.htm
Karen Tallian, State Senator, District 4
http://www.in.gov/legislative/senate_democrats/homepages/s4/index.htm
Ed Charbonneau, State Senator, District 5
http://www.in.gov/s5/index.htm
Sue Landske, State Senator, District 6
http://www.in.gov/s6/
Just click on the link and it will direct you to their website. Their 2009 legislative survey will be on their homepage. They are very easy to fill out and submit.
Let's support SJR1 so we can make property tax relief permanent!