Now any other chamber board that's going to look at this in the months ahead is going to have to answer the question, 'Why did the L.A. Chamber do what it did?' |
Our board overwhelmingly supported it, and most of the people who voted for it are the same people who are going to be paying the taxes, |
The reason we came out way ahead is because we wanted to set that ball rolling, ... a knee-jerk no. |
You'd be surprised to see the number of conservative Republicans, all of whom are making this kind of money, who stood up and said, 'I think this is the right thing to do, even though I'm going to have to be paying this money out of my pocket. |