MY TURN: Finance reform is no boondoggle

By Kenneth W. Atkins
October 8, 2007

When I first saw Mr. Rob Roper's article (My Turn: "Election year politicking begins," Sept. 8), I hoped he was writing to help two parties reach consensus on a bill of importance. Unfortunately, this was nothing but a blatant attempt to politicize S 164. Mr. Roper's modifiers, "irresponsible, flagrantly, inexplicably, cavalier, boondoggle and jigger" are hardly words used to unify two parties. On the contrary, these are describes used to create antagonism. Is Mr. Roper part of the solution or is he trying to create problems?

Here are the facts and events that occurred during the passage of H 164:

The ACLU, VPIRG, Right to Life, Attorney General's Office, Secretary of State's Office, and the chairs of the three major political parties were all present. Everyone was allowed and encouraged to participate.

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