Fueled up
June 9, 2017
From the Sacramento Bee:
California voters overwhelmingly oppose a recent tax and fee package pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown and the Democratic-dominated Legislature to pay for road repairs, a new poll finds.
The gas tax law, which ushers in a 10-year program to raise more than $52 billion for transportation projects, is so unpopular it could backfire on Democrats in upcoming special elections….
Assemblyman Travis Allen, R-Huntington Beach, has begun an effort to put a repeal of the gas tax on the statewide ballot.
A ballot initiative on this toxic issue would surely strike fear into the hearts of every California Democrat running in 2018; vulnerable incumbents Ami Bera, Salud Carbajal, Raul Ruiz, and Scott Peters in particular…