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What do you say to a jowly, gravel-voiced man of 76 who thinks he can become a star on TV? If his name is Howard Jarvis, co-author of California's Proposition 13, you don't say no. On Sept. 26, Jarvis takes his antitax crusade to national television with the goal of convincing millions of viewers that personal income taxes should be reduced by 25% and $100 billion should be axed from the federal budget...
Again the crowd cheered lustily. Jarvis' entry into the fray on behalf of the Tisch proposition has led some of Headlee's backers to fear that the antitax movement could be splintered, causing both proposals to lose. Still, with state and local taxes up 142% in ten years, the voters of Michigan seem ready to send their politicians a message. Says Tisch: "With Howard Jarvis, we're going places. He's a hero, a father figure...
Politicians with elections soon ahead of them were especially quick to pick up the antitax cry. Seeking to unseat Massachusetts' Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis, who has been tightfisted himself. Republican Candidate Edward F. King is pushing an amendment that would put a cap of 9% of total personal income on all taxes levied in the state...
Jarvis is a wealthy retired industrialist who does not see his antitax drive as a matter of self-interest. "Hell, I can pay whatever my property taxes are," he said. "I'll just write a check...
...overshadowed by Jarvis' celebrity has been the other sponsor of Proposition 13, retired Real Estate Man Paul Gann, 66, who heads People's Advocate, a Sacramento-area antitax lobby. Scoffs a Jarvis aide: "We thought we needed the 150,000 votes his group could deliver in petition signatures. We alone got a million names and we didn't need...