Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Expunged HB 570 votes mysteriously reappear

Monday night I wrote:
HB 570 -- the "burden of proof" bill that removed the burden from taxpayers to assessors to prove a property's value -- the bill that saw Augusta County's Commissioner of Revenue testify against it even though a full-blown assessment battle has been brewing in the county the past year -- was defeated in the Senate Finance Committee. Now the Family Foundation reports the votes that killed the bill have been expunged. What gives?
Now the Family Foundation reports that the vote count is once again visible:
Is it possible for a bill to create more buzz in death than in life? That’s a pretty tall order, especially with an important bill such as HB 570. But we caused quite an uproar yesterday and today with the post about its missing PBI vote.
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We reported the whole affair here along with the video of the entire committee debate and vote, yet the vote was taken down as if the world wouldn’t find out.
Read the rest of the post here. I was questioning how the vote could be expunged ... now I'm questioning how it mysteriously reappeared....

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