Judy Robson, Carnac the Magnificent

Judy Robson is Carnac

Judy Robson on the new Taxpayer Protection Amendment:

Glimpses of the reincarnated TABOR reveal that the latest Republican plan is the same old failed fiscal experiment, Senate Democratic Leader Judy Robson said today.

“TABOR is a proven failure,” Robson said. “Colorado sent up TABOR as a trial balloon and it came crashing down like the Hindenburg. Democrats have offered responsible ways to bring down property taxes. TABOR is an abdication of responsibility.”

Robson noted any reincarnation of TABOR hamstrings the ability of state and local government to provide basic public services.

“If it walks like TABOR and talks like TABOR, it’s TABOR. This is a law that failed so miserably in Colorado that the citizens of that state voted to suspend the law and to give back $3.7 billion in tax refunds. This is money that would have gone into their own pockets. But the voters realized they needed it to pay for basic public services like police and fire protection.”

First, she calls the Colorado TABOR a failure. Um, it worked. Voters were given the option to suspend the refunds and allocate more money for state spending. Voters in Wisconsin are not given such 'power.' But even setting that aside. This press release is ridiculous.

I've said the jury is still out on the new Amendment, and that I am skeptical. I need to read it and study it first before commenting. Fortunately for her, Robson need not trifle with such tedium.

For, not only is Robson a nurse, she's a metaphysical mystic. A clairvoyant. She just put out a press release ripping a fairly complicated legislative proposal that she has never read. Never studied. About which she's never even discussed with the authors.

Man, is she brilliant.

I am holding an envelope in my hand.

The answer is: Fred Risser's coat rack, John Erpenbach's chair and Judy Robson.

The question: Name three pieces of furniture in the state capitol.