Californians are already seeing rising gas prices, and are faced with a hefty new gas tax January 1, of roughly 20 to 90 cents per gallon of gas. The California Air Resources Board secretly created the new tax on gas without public knowledge or legislative approval. Yet the money raised from the tax will go to fund High Speed Rail. This is illegal. Call, fax and email your state legislators and ask them why they allowed this. Then ask them what they plan to do about it. In December, Assemblyman Jim Patterson and Sen. Andy Vidak introduced bills to exempt the gas tax from cap and trade. Last year, lawmakers tried to get the tax delayed for one year through AB 69, a bill by Fresno Democratic Assemblyman Henry Perea, and co-authored by nine Democratic Assembly and Senate members. But in one of his last acts as Senate President, Sen. Darrell Steinberg unilaterally killed the bill without ever allowing a hearing. AB 69 made Nichols bristle. “The bill is unnecessary and counterproductive,” said ARB Chairwoman Mary Nichols about AB 69. flashreport.org/…/arbs-gasping-cap-and-trade-pr…/
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 17:11:40 +0000