For Immediate Release
October 27, 2015
262.393.1618
AJR 5 to be voted on TODAY -- Tell your Assemblyman NO!
Merriam-Webster defines Treasurer as: someone who is officially in charge of the money that is taken in and paid out by a government, business, organization, etc.
Today the State Assembly will take up Assembly Joint Resolution (AJR) 5 which would pave the way to amend the State Constitution in order to eliminate the office of State Treasurer thereby permanently putting out financial future in the hands of unelected appointees.
We are disheartened to say that our State Treasurer is in favor of AJR 5. Treasurer Adamczyk released a press release on State Treasurer's letterhead that the Treasurer (see definition at the top) is an " unnecessary position" and an " antiquated office." If this is the case then why has the legislature moved all of the duties of this 'antiquated and unnecessary' position to the Department of Revenue (DoR)?
Proponents of AJR5 state "Eliminating the office will save taxpayers money." Really?!?
Our State Treasurer proposed to reduce the budget by $600,000 in the next 2 years and reduce the office by 3 FTE (full time equivalents). Good job, right? NO! The Department of Revenue (DoR), which SHOULD be reporting to the Treasurer, will see an INCREASE of $45,000,000 over the next 2 years and INCREASE their office by 106 FTEs!!!
Call your legislator today and tell them we want smaller more responsive government to the voters NOT bureaucrats; they should say NO to AJR 5. Retain the Executive office of State Treasurer and eliminate the BIG GOVERNMENT Department of Revenue!
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