Frank O'Reilly ran for the School Board as a Republican and saying that he would increase taxes to improve the schools, and he was elected.

But don't go in and say I can do the job without raising taxes and then raise them once you are in.

I don't believe there is Republican support to increase taxes.

They are saying that I am the same as a landlord. They said I should have been collecting taxes for the past six or seven years. I said, 'show me the city code that applies,' and they couldn't.

Now, Bob English truly believes that what he is doing is for the good of the county, and he will be paying more in taxes himself than 95 percent of the people in Polk, but he should have told us this when he was running for election.

No one should be confused that in fact the Republican party continues to stand for lower taxes for all Americans,