Tax-amendment group postpones vote,Blackwell to fight reform issue instead

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Tax-amendment group postpones vote
Blackwell to fight reform issue instead
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Julie Carr Smyth
Plain Dealer Bureau
Columbus - Ohioans will not vote this fall on a constitutional amendment that would have capped the spending of state and local governments.

The sudden decision by an anti-tax group spearheaded by Secretary of State Ken Blackwell will allow embattled Republicans to pour more resources into challenging another ballot initiative aimed at dismantling political and elections rules that critics say have contributed to pay-to-play politics in Ohio.

Blackwell's Citizens for Tax Reform announced Monday that it will delay for a year the so-called TEL, or tax expenditure limitation, amendment to coincide with Blackwell's 2006 run for governor.

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1. nothing like manipulating ballot initiatives for personal gain