Kudos to Senator Keiser for standing up for taxpayers who for 60 years have shouldered the unjustified tax burden to the Port of Seattle, which has mismanaged its funding and authority.

Senator Keiser's proposed bill to remove the port's authority to tax private property, especially after the dubious findings of the recent performance audit, shows plainly the need for more fiscal restraint over local governing authorities and government as a whole.

In an environment where our state and federal representatives know no bounds for fiscal restraint, e.g. state legislators who have only contempt for the voters' wishes, and the subsequent need for Initiative 960, and our Congressmen who have allowed our runaway national debt, now teetering on $10 trillion.

There is, however, one potential remedy for this lack of fiscal restraint, and that is to vote for Ron Paul for President 2008. Ron Paul's record speaks for itself.

As a 10-term Congressman, he has:

Never voted to raise taxes.

Never voted for an unbalanced budget.

Never voted to raise congressional pay.

Additionally, Ron Paul has opposed unconstitutional spending which is the leading factor to our enormous debt status in the world, and he does not participate in the lucrative Congressional pension program.

Fred Novota

Hurstwood