NEW!: The results are in. Our new 2008 legislative issues will be:
- Water
- Transportation
- Growth paying for itself
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HERE to review the full results. CLICK
HERE to review our descriptions of the 25 biggest issues.
We are a group of common citizens—Republicans, Democrats, and Independents—motivated
by a concern that partisan and special interest politics too often crowd out
the practical solutions that can work for all of us. With each member committing
just one hour a year, we've established a record of success passing legislation
that is in the common interest.
We succeed by taking five steps together:
| 1. | Members pick what they consider to be the most important issues coming
before the Legislature |
| 2. | The Common Interest develops briefing materials on each of those issues |
| 3. | Each member is randomly assigned to review the brief for one issue
and then share their views |
| 4. | If a two-thirds consensus emerges, we advocate for that position in
the Legislature and it goes into our legislative scorecard |
| 5. | Each member commits to voting in the primary as well as general election |
Because we're more interested in your good judgment than your money, there
are no required membership dues.
With the modest commitments to review a brief and vote, you'll make a powerful
difference. For example, have you noticed that your homeowner's exemption has
gone up from $50,000 in 2006 to just over $100,000 for 2008? Our efforts to
index the homeowner's exemption to the Idaho housing price index generated these
property tax savings. By successfully advocating this policy over big business
and farm lobby opposition, The Common Interest corrected the unfair shift of
the property tax burden to homeowners that had been occurring in Idaho.
We need your good judgment to achieve more successes like this. Join
our effort to promote government by the people by CLICKING
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to find out what you can do to get The Common Interest going in your state.