Don't put CI-121 on the ballot

For the last 100 years the Montana Taxpayers Association has served as Montana’s most trusted resource for nonpartisan tax and government spending information. One of the promises of our mission is to encourage equitable solutions, in issues of taxation, that benefit all Montana taxpayers.

As the executive director of MONTAX, I feel it is important to state that our organization believes that CI-121 — a constitutional initiative masquerading as a “cap on property taxes” — does NOT fit that mission. In fact, CI-121 would create tremendous inequity in our property tax system and pit taxpayer aga...