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The gas tax is the most equitable and least expensive way to collect money for transportation maintenance.  If you drive, you pay, if you drive a gas guzzler you pay more.  Gas prices went up 16 cents this past week, I see just as many cars on the roads.  A 6 cent gas tax doesn't even begin to address our bridge & road maintanece needs.  Banning local governments from collecting a local  gas tax to repair local roads is spineless, special interest run our government, the people's best interest are not being addressed.  Allowing roads to deteriotate ends up costing exponitally more in the long run.  Climate Change needs to be tackled with a :"Carbon Tax" , if you don't want to pay the tax, drive less and help prevent climate change.  Banning studded tires would go a long way to perserving our investments in roads

Jeff Bernards   503-774-5659.

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Alcohol taxes need to be raised NOW. The tax hasn't been raised since 1976. Alcohol costs society much more than tobacco and claims many more innocent victims, from auto accidents, domestic violence & raises health care costs for everyone. The Beer & Wine Lobby have been taking legislators on several Hawaiian golf vacations with the understanding that taxes wouldn't be raised, we voted for change and this type of politicing needs to end now. I would rather raise the alcohol tax than cut necessary services the government provides.
Jeff Bernards

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