Posted by Four members of the Assembly minority announced earlier today they signed a “tax-free” pledge, promising to vote down any increases in state taxes contained in the 2010 budget. Gov. David Paterson will release his 2010-11 budget proposal on Tuesday and lawmakers have to adopt a spending plan by April 1.
The pledge, open to both Democrats and Republicans, also asks for spending restraint and increased transparency.
Assemblymen Greg Ball, R-Patterson; George Amedore, R-Rotterdam, Schenectady County; James Tedisco, R-Schenectady; and Tony Jordan, R-Jackson, Washington County; signed the pledge at a press event in the Legislative Office Building.
“The legislature cannot tax and spend its way out of the abyss that has been built by years of reckless spending,” Ball said in a statement. “This pledge must be taken seriously and members on both sides of the aisle need to wake up and realize that the party is over. We must get New York state back on track and break this state’s addiction to spending.”
