The governor had called a special night session to blitz the bill through thinking no one would know about it until the next day. (Remember Connecticut?) However, thanks to some very active talk-radio hosts, dire warnings went out that effectively communicated the seriousness of the situation. It was truly moving to watch entire families show up with their children, workers leaving their posts still in uniforms and scrubbs, and disabled people using what ever means available to converge on the plaza to let their elected officials know that they did not want another tax.

What got the legislators’ attention was the sudden appearance of such a large body of the hard-working every-day people that rarely take the time to drop what they are doing to exercise their right to dissent. It had such an impact that the bill failed. Two of the legislators had to be hauled out by ambulance due to the stress!

It worked because of two critical factors: 1) The taxpayers were fed-up with high taxes and wanted to do something about it; and 2) What, where, and when were communicated to them. Look how many attended the first Tea Party on tax day! So PLEASE… don’t ever think you can’t do anything about it. Now, more than ever is the time to show our elected officials that their spending, just like ours, needs to be prioritized and they need to stop the relentless tax increases.