State Representative Callender was particularly upset with us; and we said that, with his permission, we would post his comments to us, thereby giving him an opportunity to defend himself. Full disclosure – we happen to like Mr. Callender, and Mr. Rogers, but we never let our personal feelings get in the way of disclosing the truth to the citizens.
State Representative Callender’s comments:
I’m curious why you’ve decided to (inaccurately) attack me? I co-sponsored Merrin’s bill, and voted for it despite significant pressure from our schools (including having Mentor Schools run a big government person run against me).
I got HB6 done, which saves our counties largest property tax payer. If the power plant sht down, every property tax supported entity would have been back on the ballot. I’ve worked to (and continue to work for) more efficiencies for our schools, to save them (taxpayers) money, thus keeping them from trying to go to the ballot as often. And I drove 2 and a half hours each way to meet with you because I didn’t want to reschedule a second time, out of respect for you.
You not only stood me up, but didn’t have the common courtesy to let me know in advance. What did I do to make you want to treat me in such a way? I feel it must be personal, because my record of fighting to keep property tax lower is strong and public. I’ve always responded to you, and met with you any time you’ve requested.
Never personal…your office said that you would not be interested in helping Merrin other than voting for the legislation. We are expecting our representatives to really get behind it and fight the lobbyists that are deceiving the average citizen about the property tax ballot language issue.
(LFC Comments: There was a mix-up in communication between Callender’s office and LFC about the time of the meeting….we did not hear from the office to confirm, although they said that they did respond to our question. There was no disrespect meant, and we apologized to Callender’s office manager for not attending.)
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