The Missouri Realtors Association hosted a “Protect Your Power: Vote No” rally in the city of Columbia on Thursday to voice their opposition to a pair of amendments on the Aug. 4 ballot.
KMIZ reports the organization is opposed to Amendment 4, which increases the required number of votes needed for a citizen petition to pass. The organization allocated $1 million to the political action committee opposing Amendment 4.
Amendment 5 seeks to end Missouri’s income tax while expanding sales taxes. Although Gov. Mike Kehoe insisted real estate transactions would be exempt from sales tax increases, that pledge is not codified within Amendment 5.
Matthew Becker, treasurer-elect for the Missouri Realtors Association, explained why the organization is trying to influence public opinion on those measures.
“Amendment 4 is taking away the power of one person, one vote and that is what we have stood on for the last 118 years. And it puts more value on your ZIP code than it actually does on your vote,” he said. “Amendment 5 is just clear-cut. It is a blank check to our legislature over the next five years. There is no way we should allow them to make the decisions they want to make over the next five years with how they tax and what they tax.”
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