Wayne Stephenson Realtors

JASPER IS AN INDUSTRY! www.wsrtx.net 384-4623 South Main @ US 190 Attention: Voters of Jasper Do not be fooled by the slick but erroneous brochure distrib-uted by the proponents of Propositions 1 & 2 to be decided on the May 10th election. If you want to vote for the Propositions then do so, that is your right and privilege - but vote for the right reasons, because you want to and not because the passage of these two proposi-tions are going to have a significant favorable economic impact on Jasper - and certainly not because Jasper is presently losing “Valuable Real Estate Tax Revenue”due to the absence of these propositions. The fact is the data presented in the brochure cannot be substantiated and is entirely flawed in its premise. For example, the brochure states that sales tax is up $600,000 or 15.5% in the City of Corsicana as a result of the passage of Propositions 1 & 2 in that city. My conversations with city offi-cials of Corsicana however revealed that about the same time that the propositions passed, a new Home Depot was opened. How much of the increased sales tax was attributed to Home Depot versus beer and wine sales? If however, the sales tax did increase in Corsicana some $600,000 from beer and wine sales as alluded in the brochure, then the citizens of Corsicana would have spent some $30,000,000.00 per year for these beverages - (excuse me, while I burp). This same principle holds true for the cities of Palestine and Brownwood which I also researched. The information and premise presented in the brochure is not only erroneous but is an affront to the intelligence of the Citizens of Jasper. Wayne Stephenson May 7, 2008 <WEBSITE>www.wsrtx.net</WEBSITE>