You can use the word “political” to denigrate the opposition to Rohrer’s regressive sales tax proposal; but the fact is that he couldn’t convince the PA Legislature to pass it during a decade of trying, even though it was controlled by Republicans most of those years.

As I commented in another post, Sam’s school property tax elimination plan is well-known and well-documented. Complete details of the plan are available on the grassroots taxpayer advocacy website, the Pennsylvania Taxpayers Cyber Coalition. http://www.ptcc.us

And BTW, Lee, the plan was vetted by both economy.com and Fishkind & Associates, both nationally recognized accounting firms, and found to be viable. The opposition to the plan was purely political, not factual.

Sam always has had very enthusiastic followers. They see themselves as THE true believers, in several senses of the words. In his state house district, his message has been successful; but it doesn’t have a chance across the state. If nothing else, it will fall flat in Philly and Pittsburgh.

Sam’s campaign, as always, will be based upon ideological beliefs and attractive slogans, but missing demonstrable facts and figures — just like his imfamous Commonwealth Caucus sales tax plan that could not stand up to a reality check, no matter how often he tweaked it.

2010 could be a great year for Berks County. We could rid ourselves of both Gerlach and Rohrer in the same year. Who could have imagined that it would be as they ran against each other?