Question 4 on the ballot in November is one of great concern to me as a taxpayer, parent, teacher, and Maine citizen.

In 2006, Maine voters rejected a similar proposal because a majority knew then as is still known now, that the legislation would hurt Maine families, schools and communities.

Voters in Colorado accepted TABOR and soon found their state in major crises with schools, health care and the economy; so much so, that voters there suspended TABOR in order to allow the state’s economy to try to bounce back.

Maine, like many states, has had a difficult time in the current national economic crisis. Now is not the time to impose strict limits on revenue and spending; not the time to undermine local community control; and not the time to put vital public services in jeopardy.

I urge people to research Question 4 and to know what it could do to this great state.

It was not a solution in 2006, and I believe it should not be one for today.

Julie Taylor, Jay