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July 11, 2005
Rep. Garnet Coleman Airs Radio Ad
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Rep. Garnet Coleman Airs Radio Ad
Houston Democrat Urges Texans to “Say No to Republican Tax on Our Families”
State Representative Garnet Coleman (D-Houston) began airing a radio ad today in his hometown of Houston urging Texans to “say no to the Republican tax on our families.” The ad will begin airing in Austin tomorrow. An audio copy of the ad and the text of the ad are attached.
“No matter what the Governor and the Republican leadership say, the plans they are trying to ram through the legislature would amount to a huge tax increase on our families,” Coleman said. “Even worse, not a penny of the higher taxes we’ll pay will go to our schools, our teachers, or other critical state needs.”
Coleman said the radio ad points out the real effect of the Republican tax plan that passed the Texas House in a very simple, direct manner.
“Democrats had a plan to give Texas homeowners more property tax relief and put $2 billion more into our children’s schools above what is in the proposed Republican tax on our families,” Coleman noted.
Coleman said he paid for the ad from his own campaign funds, noting that he did not have $400,000 to match a “propaganda machine that is trying to sell a Republican tax increase as a plan that will cut taxes and help our schools.”
“I believe it is important to encourage all Texans to make their voices heard by speaking out against a Republican tax plan that asks almost 90% of Texans to pay higher taxes and does nothing to help our neighborhood schools,” Coleman concluded.
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Rep. Garnet Coleman 60 second Radio Ad:
I'm State Representative Garnet Coleman.
As a father of two public school children,
I value our neighborhood schools.
Democrats put those values into a plan to improve our schools.
But Republicans said no.
Democrats worked to give our teachers a real pay raise.
But Republicans said no.
Democrats fought to cut taxes for all families
But Republicans said no…
and then voted to make us
pay the highest sales tax in the nation…
pay it when we fix our cars…
even pay it for water to drink.
An 8 billion dollar Republican tax on our families
…and not a penny for our schools
Not a nickel for teachers
Not a dime for health care…
because all our tax dollars would go to cut taxes
for the wealthy and big business.
Please join the fight for fairness.
Call Governor Perry.
Say NO to the Republican tax on our families
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