Bill To Ban Government Lobbying Against Initiated Measures Passes House
After the initiated measure to cut income taxes went down under a cloud of taxpayer funded lobbying from people like state university professors, I posted on this blog promising that the issue would be addressed in the legislature.
I worked with Rep. Dan Ruby to develop a bill banning the practice. That bill was superseded by an essentially duplicate bill introduced by Rep. Kim Koppelman. Now Koppelman’s bill has passed in the house, and it’s a real victory for democracy in North Dakota.
The next step is to pass it through the Senate. You know what to do. Contact your Senators, and tell them that it’s not fair for the state to use our tax dollars to initiated measures put on the ballot through our hard work and signatures.
