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Dear Representative Stith
David Iverson - July 22, 2023
Rep Stith,
Tsk,
tsk, tsk. Still having trouble with facts, I see. They are stubborn,
it's true. You and I both know there wasn't a single ad hominem in my
op-ed directed at Crago. I did refer to Harshman as "Tax the Rich
Harshman;" but that could hardly be considered an insult as he said it
himself on the floor. Wow, you vote with him a lot too.
I
thought you would have come up with a more clever response than to call
me an amateur. You are after all more witty than most of your
colleagues. If i were merely an amateur why would you deign to respond
at all? One more question on this point: who's slinging the ad hominems at whom?
It's
interesting you folks in the RINO Caucus can't find a
better example than the one bill that died on the last day. What
happened to the other 20 property tax bills? And if you and your pals were so effective,
why on earth did you wait until the last day to do anything? You guys
literally could have rammed through anything you wanted. Wait a minute,
if I recall correctly, the liberals (you and your pals) and the
Democrats killed several different options. Hold it right there! Didn't
you infer that voting with the Democrats was a terrible thing?
On that point, do
you have any idea how many times you personally voted with the
Democrats? Its hard to say as it happens so often. My guess is
several hundred. Let's see. I am sure you are just as fond of
statistics as my representative but of the 1,566 times you have shared a
vote, 1,220 times you have voted with the Democrat Minority Leader Mike
Yin. If you were wondering, 1 is less than 1,220.
As
it relates to that, have you reflected on how many vote totals were
36-26? Hundreds. There are only 31 liberal "republicans," where did the other 5
votes come from? Oh, that's right, there are 5 Democrats in the House. If voting with them 1 time is such a crime how would
you classify your own voting behavior?
Clark, you really should start being honest
in your op-eds. Remember, a falsehood of omission is still a
falsehood. And, Lord, do you guys like to leave out pesky little
details. HB66 for example: it was Barry Crago who added the huge
appropriation to the bill, claiming that CMS would remove all funding
from Wyoming if that bill passed. As you are fully aware, 17 other
states have done exactly what that piece of legislation would do. It
hasn't cost them a single red cent. We, you and I, know that amendment
was meaningless as its only purpose was to allow you guys to vote in
favor of mask mandates. I am not quite sure why you worried about it;
during the special session you guys voted that way over and over. From
the beginning, you and the Democrats were not going to pass HB66. So,
it's not spending money and it never would have been.
And speaking of omissions, it was you and
the other liberal "republicans" who voted against capping property
taxes. There was a perfect opportunity to effect meaningful property
tax relief and you killed it. The vote was 33-29. Why leave that
little detail out? Once again, you along with the Democrats defeated
the cap on property taxes.
You say that you
want to debate person to person? Fine, let's do that. You are welcome
on my program
anytime you like. Just remember, I deal in facts--things that your RINO
Caucus seem to struggle with. But of course why would you? I'm just an
amateur with a very loud microphone. You know how to get a hold of me.
Regards,
David Iverson
Owner and Host - Cowboy State Politics
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