Citizen Lobbyists tell legislators that now is the time to raise revenue

Today's Economic Justice Lobby Day, on the heels of the Governor's budget address, focused on telling legislators that Kentuckians deserve better than the budget cuts proposed by Governor Beshear, and that now is the time for the legislature to offer leadership in moving Kentucky forward with HB 127, a set of revenue and tax reforms that would generate about $333 million a year while making the tax structure fairer and more balanced.

A bunch of first-time lobbyists jumped right in, with members from Warren County to Rowan County talking with legislators about the Kentucky Forward Plan and KFTC's other legislative priorities.  We'll try to update this with some more photos, but here are a couple of good ones of Dana Beasley Brown teaching Rep. Steven Rudy how our tax code impacts Kentuckians across income levels, and members writing letters to legislators that we missed.