A press release from the John Morris campaign:
MORRIS PLEDGES TO FIGHT AGAINST TAX INCREASES
SIGNS THE AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM “TAXPAYER PROTECTION PLEDGE”
Peoria, IL | November 19, 2007Republican John Morris, candidate for the 18th District Congressional seat, signed the Tax Payer Protection Pledge today. He is the only candidate in the race to succeed retiring Congressman Ray LaHood to do so. “I want voters to know where I stand on the issue of taxes,” Morris said. “I will fight against all efforts to raise tax rates on Central Illinois’ individuals and businesses.”
“More than pledging not to raise taxes, I will work in Congress to make the Bush tax cuts permanent,” Morris continued. “The way to grow our economy is by reducing the tax burden and allowing private enterprise to flourish.”
“My record on the City Council proves that I am a fighter for the taxpayers. I voted against every single property tax rate increase and won each time. I want to take my proven record of fighting for the taxpayers to Congress.”
“At a time in both Washington and Springfield where the rule seems to be, ‘punish taxpayers first and ask questions later,’ John Morris is stepping up to defend taxpayers,” said Greg Blankenship who holds regular meetings among center right activists from around Illinois and is President of the Illinois Policy Institute. “The taxpayer protection pledge is a critically important tool to both let voters know what principles a candidate stands for and a tool for lawmakers that promotes reform over higher taxes. I urge all candidates in both parties to take the taxpayer protection pledge.”
John Morris, 39, is a conservative Republican running for United State Congress (IL-18) to succeed Ray LaHood. Morris has more than twenty years of achievements as an energetic and visionary leader for Central Illinois. Elected in 1999, he became a leading voice of conservative policymaking as a Peoria City Councilman At-Large. In his eight years on the City Council, Morris was a leader in the stopping tax increases on hard working families and reducing government waste. Morris is strongly pro-life, supports 2nd amendment rights, and believes in stopping illegal immigration.
For the last ten years, John Morris has overseen private fund-raising as vice president for development for WTVP-TV. Born and raised in Central Illinois, he holds a B.A. and a master’s degree in public administration from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He and his wife Cindy raise their son Jordan and daughter Taylor in Peoria.
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Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates 
I wonder how John proposes to pay down the towering National debt. Perhaps hand it down to the kids and grandkids? Would be voters are listening.
Billy,
where did John vote on the garbage “fee” I don’t remember?. I do know that on 10-31-06 he did vote against replacing the garbage fee with an increase in property taxes.
Paul
Good to know that John Morris is running to become another useful idiot in Congress. Morris earns a modest $51,000, only slightly higher than the median household income, but pledges to retain Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthiest 1% of America’s economic elite. Even Warren Buffet acknowledges that our federal tax policies are far too generous to wealthy Americans.
He was a big advocate for the garbage fee, which we all know was a TAX. in regards to the tax cuts: Maybe Morris doesn’t understand simple economics. Tax cuts are not free. Someone pays for them and if the people are not the government is. I think the national debt has been blown up enough by President Idiot himself. I guess Morris and his other Republicans friends don’t mind pushing our taxes off onto our children.