FLASHPOINT for Oct 17, 2006

Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006 | 7:30 a.m.

Imagine the reaction of some folks this week and last who received a missive in their mailboxes touting something called Tax and Spending Control. Some probably were surprised; others, slightly more benighted, perhaps weren't. The pitch to support TASC was sent out the day it was tossed by the state Supreme Court, a spokesman says. But that was only the beginning of Murphy's Law taking hold. The solicitation is signed not by TASCmaster Bob Beers but by Don Chairez, the ex-judge who is pushing another initiative - the gutted eminent domain package. Seems the mail house switched the electronic signatures. Then again, it is free publicity for Chairez, and he is running for attorney general. Hmmm ...

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