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Jeffrey Smith To Lexington Council:

To LFUCG Council Members:

I wish to take this opportunity to thank the members of the LFUCG Council for refusing the tax-hike budget submitted by Mayor Teresa Isaac.

In these times where families have been overtaxed to death, have been forced to maintain two jobs to keep the American dream alive, and have seen wasteful government programs whittle away at theirs and their children's futures, it is a pleasure to see the Council take a stand against another tax hike. Do not think, for a minute, that the people of Lexington are fooled by Mayor Isaac's efforts to make the Council shoulder her burden.

Many people are out of work due to the sluggish economy and increasing taxes does nothing to help that situation. On the contrary, it does just the opposite. When companies are considering places to locate their operations, one of the items of particular interest to them is the tax burden on businesses and the employees of those businesses.

Many, make that most of us, in the private sector have had to tighten our "financial belts" these past few years due to the economic situation worldwide. It is wrong to ask us to pay more to our overstuffed and inefficient governments simply to provide more or the same level of services to the community. In addition it is wrong to ask taxpayers to accept a higher tax burden simply to keep jobs for government employees when many of us in the private sector have lost our jobs or seen members of our families lose their jobs. Many Lexington firms are currently considering more layoffs at this time, Trane, Linkbelt, and Square D are among them. It is time for our LFUCG to tighten its belt just as those of us who pay dearly to the LFUCG have had to do.

I implore the LFUCG Council to do the right thing and stop the madness now. REFUSE to approve any budget that does not include drastic cuts in government programs and government jobs. It is not a good thing to be in a position where you have to ask people to enter the roles of the unemployed, but you were all elected to make the tough decisions needed to keep our community sound. Do the right thing while you still have the chance. History shines a bright light upon those that made tough and sometimes unpopular decisions for our brighter future.

I, myself, lost my job of 10 years a while back, and I thought it was the worst thing ever to happen to me. Since then, I have made a much better employment scenario for myself and it turned out for the best as it always does. Please suck it up and do the right thing. Lexington taxpayers need relief, not more burden.

Respectfully,

Jeffrey D. Smith

Lexington, KY

859-983-4642

jeffsmith@qx.net

"Americans are a free people, who know that freedom
is the right of every person and the future of every nation.
The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is
God's gift to humanity."
George W. Bush, State of the Union address 1/2003  

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