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Chutzpah may not be a strong enough word to describe this. Montana Cowgirl has the details. Charter Communications, formerly Bresnan, the television cable company, doesn't like paying its fair share of taxes. So, having lost its case at the Montana Supreme Court, Charter is sponsoring a ballot initiative (I-172, PDF) to do what the court wouldn’t do, and what Charter suspects won’t pass muster with the legislature and governor: lower Charter’s taxes.
Charter’s signature gatherers are paid, provided by a Georgia based firm that specializes in obtaining signatures for “Wet Up” initiatives in dry areas in the southern Bible belt. Expect to see them at the polls Tuesday. Don’t sign their petitions unless you want to set in motion a chain of events that will raise your taxes.