Ratepayers in the RMs of Brokenshell and Weyburn will discuss and vote on the option of withholding their property taxes today.

The Brokenshell meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Trossachs Community Hall. The meeting for the RM of Weyburn is also scheduled for Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Weyburn Inn.

Speakers will include Craig Melvin of the Saskatchewan School Trustees Association (SSTA), Ken Engel of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), farmer Art Mainil from the RM of Benson, farmer Barry Farr of Lewvan and Richard Truscott of the Canadian Taxpayers Association.

Weyburn-Big Muddy MLA Brenda Bakken and MP Roy Bailey will also be present at the meetings.

These will be the sixth and seventh tax revolt meetings held in southeast Saskatchewan in the past few weeks. Ratepayers in the RM of Benson were the first and only group to reject the idea. Votes in favour of a tax revolt have been cast in the RMs of Wellington, Lajord, Francis and Scott.

Much of the tax revolt movement is based on the argument that education tax on farm land is too high. Supporters say they cannot afford to pay the lion's share of education tax, especially in a year where farm incomes have fallen to their lowest levels since the depression.