I recently had a discussion with a current member of the Legislature and asked him why he was in favor of Amendment B.
He stated that it would be unfair for anyone opposed to increasing a cost (actually a tax as it is an addition to expenditures) if only a 50% plus 1 was required to pass it.
Conversely, I pointed out, it is grossly unfair (under the proposed amendment) for a minority, 40-plus %, to negate the wishes of the majority.
That is what this amendment does.
No one really wants to increase our costs of government, but if done for the common good it is worth it.
Patrick S. Weber, Sandy
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