I hope more people will yak up this gas tax repeal effort – I just sent a letter to both local papers. It only took me about 45 minutes from start to finish – and I had pots on the stove.
It didn’t take very long for the 2018 gas tax and car registration increase to affect our quality of life – I’ve already noticed higher prices on staple groceries. Today the news confirmed as much – Yoplait and Cheerios are up in price, “due to transportation costs”.
This tax increase has no “low income subsidy” – poor families will pay a higher percentage of their income, just to get to work and buy food.
Gas tax proponents claim the money will go to fix roads, but according to the San Diego Tribune, only half the money would be dedicated to traffic infrastructure, “The other half of the money would be spent largely at the discretion of local municipalities on a variety of projects.”
The city of Chico already receives gas tax from the state, as well as over a million dollars a year in “franchise fees” from PG&E, Comcast, and Waste Management, for use of city streets, and look at the condition of our streets.
California registered voters can still sign the gas tax repeal petition that is being circulated by “Reform California”. Signature gatherers have been working at Chico Safeway stores. You can also download the petition to print, sign and send in at http://www.reformcalifornia.org/
Juanita Sumner, Chico CA
Chico Taxpayers Association 
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