Is your state Representative or Senator on YOUR side?

Lawmakers in Lansing have two opportunities to announce their support of taxpayers over the taxspenders – they can sign the Pledge provided by the national organization, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) or they can sign the Promise provided by the Michigan Taxpayers Alliance.

The ATR Pledge is a pledge a legislator can publicly make to his/her constituents that the legislator will never vote to raise their taxes as long as he/she holds the office they are elected to. The MTA Michigan Promise is a shorter-term promise that legislators can make, promising to not support any tax hike on citizens this calendar year.

The MTA Promise was distributed to every legislator’s office on August 1st along with a request to sign and return the Promise document to the MTA by August 10. Those legislators who already signed the ATR Pledge need not sign the MTA Promise because those legislators have already declared long-term that they will always support taxpayers.

So, who is willing to declare their support for taxpayers and sign? Below are the state legislators who have signed the ATR Pledge:

State Senators
Jim Barcia (D-31)
Michael Bishop (R-12)
Wayne Kuipers (R-30)
Michelle McManus (R-35)
Alan Sanborn (R-11)

State Representatives
David J. Agema (R-74)
John P. Garfield (R-45)
Jacob W. Hoogendyk (R-61)
Marty Knollenberg (R-41)
Kim Meltzer (R-33)
David Robertson (R-51)
Rick Shaffer (R-59)
Glenn Steil (R-72)

Listed below are the names of those that have declared their support for taxpayers in this year’s important budget battle by signing the MTA Promise:

State Senators
None yet

State Representatives
Jack Brandenburg (R-24)
Craig DeRoche (R-38)(declared publicly that he will sign, MTA awaiting mailed document)
Kevin Elsenheimer (R-105)

The MTA will update this site as the August 10th requested return date approaches. Please thank those legislators who are willing to tell taxpaying citizens that they will support them in this critical battle for Michigan’s future.

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