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15 September 2006                                                                                                           

Sandra Fabry

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Candidate Paul E. Smith Signs No-New-Taxes Pledge

Commits to oppose and vote against tax increases.

Grassroot Institute of Hawaii applauds the pro-taxpayer position of Paul E. Smith, a candidate running for State Senate 13th District.

Paul E. Smith demonstrated his dedication to the taxpayers of Hawaii by signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge on August 29, 2006.  By signing the pledge, he commits “to oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes.” 

As of today’s date, over 1,200 state legislators nationwide have signed the Pledge.  Six governors and six Lt. Governors have also signed.

Governor Lingle has signed the pledge.

Five Hawaii Senators have signed:

• Sam Slom                          (S-8)
• Gordon Trimble                 (S-12)
• David Ige                          (S-16)
• Bob Hogue                        (S-24)
• Fred Hemmings                 (S-25)

US House Candidate:

• Rich Noah Hough, 1st Congressional District

Gubernatorial Candidate:

• George Peabody, Governor

Eleven Hawaii Representatives have signed:

• Bertha Kawakami              (H-16)
• William Stonebraker          (H-17)
• Barbara Marumoto            (H-19)
• Anne Stevens                    (H-23)
• Corinne Ching                   (H-27)
• Bev Harbin                        (H-28)
• Lynn Finnegan                   (H-32)
• Mark Moses                     (H-40)
• Kymberly Pine                   (H-43)
• Colleen Meyer                   (H-47)
• Cynthia Thielen                  (H-50)

State House/Senate candidates have also signed:

• Jeffrey Alameida                (H-46)
• Julia E. Allen                      (H-20)
• Nolan Kido                       (H-18)
• Michael Peters                   (H-23)

• J. Williams Sanborn           (H-7)
• Michael Peters                   (H23)
• JoAnne Georgi                  (H-16)
• Lawrence “Bud” Ebel        (H-45)
• Aaron Anderson                (H-4)
• Carol Philips                      (H-46)
• Paul Smith                         (S-13)
• Robert Fong                      (S-19)

 “Good for Paul E. Smith.  He wants to represent taxpayers to the government, not the other way around,” commented Dick Rowland, President, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, the sponsor of the Hawaii Taxpayer Protection Pledge Program.

“Paul E Smith starts his run for office on message.  We are confident he will stay on course,” said Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform. 

This program is part of a national project of Americans for Tax Reform in Washington. D.C.  They offer the Taxpayer Protection Pledge to all sitting elected officials and candidates for public offices at the state and federal levels.