During an “emergency” Feb. 3 town hall, Sen. David Haley, D-Kansas City, said he had reservations about the flat tax vote. (Matthew Kleinmann)
TOPEKA — To flat tax or not to flat tax? That is the question for Kansas Sen. David Haley, a Kansas Democrat who says he cannot make up his mind on a sprawling 5.25% flat tax proposal estimated to cost $1.589 billion over three years.
A House leader says Haley is doing it for the attention.
While Republican leaders in the Kansas House estimate they have the two-thirds majority needed to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the legislation, their compatriots in the Senate believe they are still one vote short. The bill is one of their top priorities for the session.
Sen. David Haley, D-Kansas City, and one of a small contingent of Senate Democrats who would be critical to sustaining Kelly’s veto, said Monday he has doubts about which way he will be voting.
“I want everyone here to know, David Haley is not predictable on such crucial measures. …” Haley said. “I’m just not a placeholder there that can be so easily predicted.”