If you happened to see Monday's Forum editorial, you might be a little surprised to see what the editors think of us and the measure. Well, not too surprised, I hope. After all, the Forum is not known for taking the forward-thinking view on political issues. They love the
status quo, hanging on to it and the power brokers as if it were a lifeline.
So let's look at what the Forum had to say: referring to the State Attorney General's recent ruling that the measure, if passed at the June 2012 election, will take effect retroactively to January 1, 2012 the editorial says: “[T]he Attorney General has ruled that cities, counties, parks and school boards will have to refund all that tax money that they collected in the first half of 2012.”