Resolution Approved at the Maine Library Association Annual Meeting May 14, 2004

Citizen Initiative tax reform referendum: an "Act to Impose Limits on Real and Personal Property Taxes"

The Maine Library Association affirms the importance of meaningful property tax reform. The Maine Taxpayers' Action Network resolution also known as the Palesky Proposal tax cap measure, appearing on the November 2004 ballot, would have numerous unintended consequences, including the devastation and even elimination of many publicly funded local Maine libraries. The Maine Library Association vigorously opposes its passage.