Comments on: Worth Noting http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:01:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: JB http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-17082 JB Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:11:40 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-17082 Nathan - You didn't really point to anything that wasn't true. You just provided explanations, which to your credit is more than Corker is willing to do. There are three undisputable facts here: 1. Chattanoogans are paying more in property taxes than they were before Corker was Mayor. 2. Corker never lowered taxes or even proposed lowering taxes. 3. Three months after Corker left office, the tax rate was lowered because of a statewide property reappraisal. Arguing that Corker can take credit for the property tax rate going down because of a reappraisal after he left office sounds an awful lot like the argument Bredesen made in '02 when questioned about the property tax increase he supported as Mayor of Nashville. It's misleading. Nathan - You didn’t really point to anything that wasn’t true. You just provided explanations, which to your credit is more than Corker is willing to do. There are three undisputable facts here:

1. Chattanoogans are paying more in property taxes than they were before Corker was Mayor.

2. Corker never lowered taxes or even proposed lowering taxes.

3. Three months after Corker left office, the tax rate was lowered because of a statewide property reappraisal.

Arguing that Corker can take credit for the property tax rate going down because of a reappraisal after he left office sounds an awful lot like the argument Bredesen made in ‘02 when questioned about the property tax increase he supported as Mayor of Nashville. It’s misleading.

]]> By: Sean Braisted http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-17061 Sean Braisted Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:40:29 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-17061 Out of curiosity, what issues are you "liberal" on Donna? Out of curiosity, what issues are you “liberal” on Donna?

]]> By: Donna Locke http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-17014 Donna Locke Thu, 01 Jun 2006 04:30:38 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-17014 Give up, Nathan. Vote for Ed. If Corker ends up on the ballot, it's gonna make Ford look good to single-issue voters like me (on immigration control, for the time being) who are "liberal" (actually truly conservative) on some issues. Give up, Nathan. Vote for Ed. If Corker ends up on the ballot, it’s gonna make Ford look good to single-issue voters like me (on immigration control, for the time being) who are “liberal” (actually truly conservative) on some issues.

]]> By: Rob Huddleston http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-17009 Rob Huddleston Thu, 01 Jun 2006 03:24:04 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-17009 Nathan - I didn't issue any challenge as you stated in your "update" (that's usually a red flag for a strawman, isn't it?), but the response is kinda funny. Corker did raise taxes in Chattanooga. Whether they were lower than average before he came into office, whether his business cronies benefited from all of the social programs he instituted, or whether people are happy living near the Georgia border so they can avoid some of Corker's taxation is immaterial. (If it were, during my time as an ALJ serving primarily in Chattanooga, I would estimate that 75% of longtime residents had a beef with the tax structure left behind by Corker.) Corker raised taxes. Corker supported abortion rights. Corker supported his buddy Don Sundquist's income tax proposals. I will give you credit in that you need to confuse the issues and rewrite history to allow your candidate wiggle-room (ala Bill Clinton). However, none of those tactics expose the truth. Cheers, Rob Nathan -

I didn’t issue any challenge as you stated in your “update” (that’s usually a red flag for a strawman, isn’t it?), but the response is kinda funny.

Corker did raise taxes in Chattanooga. Whether they were lower than average before he came into office, whether his business cronies benefited from all of the social programs he instituted, or whether people are happy living near the Georgia border so they can avoid some of Corker’s taxation is immaterial. (If it were, during my time as an ALJ serving primarily in Chattanooga, I would estimate that 75% of longtime residents had a beef with the tax structure left behind by Corker.)

Corker raised taxes. Corker supported abortion rights. Corker supported his buddy Don Sundquist’s income tax proposals.

I will give you credit in that you need to confuse the issues and rewrite history to allow your candidate wiggle-room (ala Bill Clinton). However, none of those tactics expose the truth.

Cheers,

Rob

]]> By: Sean Braisted http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-16940 Sean Braisted Wed, 31 May 2006 21:23:13 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-16940 It is a bit funny when Democrats bash Republicans for supporting Sundquist's tax policy, when it was Democrats in the Legislature that supported it the most. It is a bit funny when Democrats bash Republicans for supporting Sundquist’s tax policy, when it was Democrats in the Legislature that supported it the most.

]]> By: JB http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-16934 JB Wed, 31 May 2006 20:42:55 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-16934 Does the fact this dude supports Ford change the legitimacy of what he wrote? Name one thing in that letter that isn't true? I think this letter makes a great case for why Corker shouldn't be the Republican nominee. Does the fact this dude supports Ford change the legitimacy of what he wrote? Name one thing in that letter that isn’t true?

I think this letter makes a great case for why Corker shouldn’t be the Republican nominee.

]]> By: Nathan Moore http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-16929 Nathan Moore Wed, 31 May 2006 20:03:56 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-16929 It's America -you're free to write in whomever you want. It’s America -you’re free to write in whomever you want.

]]> By: Rob Huddleston http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-16917 Rob Huddleston Wed, 31 May 2006 19:38:55 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2006/05/31/worth-noting/#comment-16917 Nathan - Corker, Ford - what's the difference? Come Election Day, my friend, there won't be one on my ballot. Cheers, Rob Nathan -

Corker, Ford - what’s the difference?

Come Election Day, my friend, there won’t be one on my ballot.

Cheers,

Rob

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