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Allred: Proud of property tax relief
September 02, 2010
Contact: Shea Andersen
208.720.9904m
shea@allredforidaho.com
Today Keith Allred, candidate for governor, said he’s proud of his work leading a nonpartisan citizens’ group that brought property tax relief to thousands of Idaho homeowners.
As reporting at the time made clear, Allred led The Common Interest’s pivotal work to cut property taxes for Idaho homeowners through the 2006 Legislature. Dan Popkey, of the Idaho Statesman, wrote, “As your homeowners’ exemption climbs and shields you from property tax increases in years to come, credit a fledgling group of independents who have swiftly become players at the Legislature.”
Those efforts were recalled again today by former Sen. Hal Bunderson, Republican of Meridian, who was the chairman of the Senate Local Government and Tax Committee at the time.
“Keith was an integral part of our effort to index the homeowners’ exemption to the Idaho House Price Index,” Bunderson said. “It was Keith who brought the index to our attention.”
Allred and The Common Interest built on that early success with additional accomplishments, including their work to defeat Butch Otter’s attempt to raise the gas tax and vehicle registration fees on Idaho families in the midst of the worst recession of our lifetimes.
A statement from a few Idaho legislators today had a few unfortunate errors on the subject.
“I think the errors in today’s press release were honest mistakes,” Allred said. “In the five years that I led The Common Interest, they tried to get their facts right and we worked together well. I look forward to working well with them again as Governor.”
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