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How unfitting it is that
This time, though, the tyrant does not take the form of an empire's king anointed to his role by birth; it has taken shape
On July 1, Supervisors George Schwartz, Harry Crisp, and Robert Woodson chose the side of tyranny in passing the harshest, most indiscriminate, and un-American form of taxation, the Business and Professional Occupation License tax.
More appalling is that Supervisor Joe Brito--a man free of the bonds of party through being elected as an Independent, the one man who should bring balance to the board--sided with tyranny in the passing of this tax.
His defining opportunity came at 2:40 a.m. on July 2, when the vote on a substitute motion to defeat the BPOL tax was taken and Joe Brito cast his vote, siding with residents and defeating this harshest form of taxation.
However, he rescinded under the glare of party tyrants, invoking a shady form of parliamentary procedure in asking that his vote be retaken.
Despite the 10-to-1 voice of the people against the BPOL, the people lost.
At 2:45 a.m. on July 2, the seeds of rebellion were once again sown. These seeds will be nurtured and grow over the coming year.
Next July 4, we will again see this crop blossom as we raise the flag of freedom. We will harvest this crop
Patrick J. Walsh
Stafford
