October 2002

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The California Taxpayers’ Association, which has kept a close watch on tax and spending issues in the Golden State since 1926, has issued its scorecard on key tax votes of state legislators during 2002.

Cal-Tax President Larry McCarthy, noting that a number of bills damaging to taxpayers passed the Legislature, said, “This scorecard is disappointing because it shows so many legislators failed to grasp the impacts that these bills have on the long-term health of the California economy.”

Twenty-five state senators, for example, voted in line with Cal-Tax positions less than 32 percent of the time. Fifty of the 80 Assembly members agreed with Cal-Tax positions less than half the time.

“The scorecard provides critically important accountability for legislative votes on tax and public finance issues that have an enormous impact on the health of the state’s economy and its ability to attract investment and jobs,” McCarthy said.

Here is a link to the scorecard: http://www.caltax.org/TheCaliforniaTaxpayers.htm