BY GREG WALTERS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Not the Time for this Tax has changed Treasurer for its political committee in preparation for the November 8^th Property Bond Tax elections.

Elisa Breitenbach, co-owner of Doughboy’s Donuts in Raytown, will be taking on the duties of Treasurer of “Not the Time for this Tax”.

Mrs. Breitenbach is replacing Ms. Jayne Loulos. Jayne served as Treasurer for the organization in its first campaign which was held on August 2, 2022.

In that election “Not the Time for this Tax” scored impressive victories by defeating three property tax increases proposed by the City of Raytown, Missouri.

 “I told the members of the club that I would serve as Treasurer for the campaign for the August 2^nd Election”, said Jayne.

Jayne continued, “I have business opportunities that will be taking up my time into next year”, but plan to remain active in the organization as time permits”.

Alderman Greg Walters, speaking on behalf of the members of “Not the Time for this Tax”, expressed his appreciation of Jayne’s work as Treasurer during the campaign.

 “Jayne is a pleasure to work with. Her understanding of accounting and her quick grasp of the rules that govern elections in Missouri were a big plus in the campaign”, said Walters.

David vs. Goliath

The Missouri Ethics Commission has released the 30 Day After Reports for the
August 2^nd Raytown tax elections.

This political contest was truly a David vs. Goliath type of campaign. The group opposing the three property taxes, “Not the Time for this Tax”, was outspent by a margin of over two to one with a grand total of expenditures coming to $3,744.69.

The group supporting the three property tax increases, “Raytown Forward”, had expenditures topping out at $8,997.19.

Raytown Forward also undoubtedly benefited from $20,000 spent by the City of Raytown to “educate voters” before the election.

One of the larger dollar amounts spent by Raytown Forward was on an Election Night Watch Party that was held at Crane Brewery. The total bill for the festivities came to $723.19.

One member of “Not the Time for this Tax” said, “We knew we would be outspent when the campaign started. So we decided our time would be best spent on putting what one of our members called “sweat equity” into the campaign.” . . . “in other words, “we wore out a lot of shoe leather taking our campaign directly to the voters”.

The campaign was not without its share of drama. An individual who supported the three tax increases exposed the name and address of one of members of Not the Time for this Tax with a note urging members on a local Facebook Page to visit with his target to “explain” the election to them. The Raytown Police were contacted and a report was taken.

To the Facebook Page's credit, the offending message and all related comments were removed from the page. The Facebook Page also posted a notice stating they did not support any post that promotes causing harm to another.

Campaign workers for “Not the Time for this Tax” also reported being stalked while they were distributing literature in Raytown. Pictures of the campaign workers were then posted on the same Facebook Page.