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Friday, July 27, 2007

WakeUP Action Alert - Action Needed TODAY!

July 27, 2007 We are very close to victory in the NC General Assembly on a transfer tax, but we haven't crossed the finish line. We need your help! Please take a minute to call or email Wake senators and representatives TODAY. Ask them to support the budget deal that would allow Wake and other counties to hold a referendum on a real estate transfer tax. While WakeUP's priority has been a 1% real estate transfer tax, the budget deal between the House and Senate currently includes a 0.4 % transfer tax authority, and even this has been extremely controversial. News from the legislature is that the transfer tax is in, but it's tenuous. We still have to get both the House and Senate to vote FOR the budget WITH the transfer tax in it. Not surprisingly, there's a last minute surge by the realtor's and developers' lobbies against this growth-paying-for-growth option at this web site. This desperate effort to intimidate our state legislators is about maintaining the two decade long head-lock the giant development industry has had on the legislature. Remember, the bill before the legislature gives YOU the right to vote in a referendum regarding the transfer tax. To learn more news details, click here. We need your voice to help ensure that we can pay for schools, open space, transit and more to protect our quality of life as we grow rapidly, and to protect the economic vitality of Wake County. Please take a moment to write or call your State Senators and Representatives. If you know their name, their e-mail addresses all use the same format. For example, Vernon Malone is vernonm@ncleg.net If you don't know who represents you, click here to find out. You can find a phone directory here. Please write or call today as the vote on the budget, which includes the transfer tax, will be this weekend. Thanks for all your help! Karen Rindge, Chair, WakeUP Wake County Stan Norwalk, Vice-chair, WakeUP Wake County WakeUP Wake County P.O. Box 6484 Raleigh, North Carolina 27628-6484 WakeUP Wake County is a non-partisan, citizens' group supporting well-planned, sustainable growth in Wake County, North Carolina. WakeUP was formed as a non-profit in 2006 by a group of concerned, civic-minded citizens who believe that growth is good, as long as it is planned to ensure a better future for our communities. Wake County is growing rapidly, with a population due to double in 20 years and 27 acres of land developed each day. Because this growth ultimately affects us all, WakeUP wants to ensure a bright future for ourselves and for those who come after us.

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