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In a May 9 article on the County Legislature, the Lansing Star reports that "When original “at-cap” proposal was considered, it drew a majority of votes—7 to 6—but fell short of the 8 votes required for passage.

Those who had supported the earlier failed amendments (Legislators Chock, Burbank, Kiefer, McBean-Clairborne, and Klein) voted no this time, joined by Legislator Martha Robertson, who noted that she had voted against all three proposals, since she views all three proposed levy increases as too high."

How very convenient.  Now that Robertson is running for Congress, she votes to keep taxes down and poses as a fiscal conservative and taxpayer advocate?  County taxes have gone up hugely during her tenure on the Legislature. Wow!

But a candidate's record is not determined by one convenient vote, it is based on years of voting.  Robertson is pro-big government, pro-tax, anti-first and second amendment, her record shows it.

Henry Kramer
Dryden