TEA Party = Taxed Enough Already Party

Three important events that may impact your NC tax liability in the future:

June 6, 2011 – Carteret County Board of Commissioners Meeting in Beaufort at 6 PM, Schedule. The Board will be finalizing the county’s 2012 budget. There is a well organized effort to convince the board to increase spending in education without providing any evidence that the increase will actually benefit the education of students. The proposed increase will result in increased local taxes (e.g., property, sales, etc) if passed as proposed by this well-organized group.
June 7, 2011 – Carteret County Board of Education Meeting in Beaufort at 6 PM, Schedule. The agenda will undoubtedly involve the Carteret County School budget, and will be attended en mass by organizers of groups supporting higher spending in education. A few members of the Crystal Coast Tea Party Patriots plan to attend and at least one will speak against increased spending without supporting evidence that the spending will actually improve student education.
June, July, sometime 2011 – The NC Legislature will send a 2012 budget bill to Governor Perdue. Although, there seem to be some compromises in the works, the legislature and Governor Perdue are still far apart, especially on funding education. Governor Perdue’s approach is to push traditional state-funded cost to the counties so she can pretend to be saving money while forcing the counties to raise taxes to fund items that heretofore have been by state taxes. This slight-of-hand by Governor Perdue has the same impact on NC citizens, which is increased taxes that you pay either as state income tax increases, or local tax increases (e.g., property, sales, etc).

The other side is organized. Your voice must be added to the chorus of Crystal Coast Tea Party Patriots who want Fiscal Responsibility from our elected officials. Please attend Board of Commissioners Meeting on June 6th. Arrive early to get a seat in the main meeting room. The other side will be there in force. Don’t let them over-shadow your voice.

Also, consider attending the Board of Education meeting on June 7th. Support the CCTPP members speaking out for fiscal responsibility.

Finally, let your Carteret County legislatures know you support their efforts to control state spending. While they are making every effort to hold the line on spending, they are being bombarded by those who believe solving problems means spending more taxpayer dollars. Let them know you don’t believe that money unwisely spent will solve anything.