Johnson County Wants You....errr, I Mean, Your Money

......[c]2006 by Richard L Zorek......2.04.06.....Kudos to Johnson County Commissioners Dave Lindstrom and John Toplikar for voting "no" to seek a public vote to increase taxes (again!). Chairwoman Annabeth Surbaugh seems to think they need more money, but doesn't know exactly what for. The current rate is 7.4%. The proposed increase would put it to to about 8%. Surbaugh says that she has a "clear message from voters that a sales tax increase is preferable to a property tax increase." That almost makes it sounds like she's doing something noble, doesn't it? The right thing would be to fox tour budget and don't raise taxes at all.