Reasons why people should vote yes on Proposition 6:
1). Tax hike passed behind closed doors with no voter input.Â
2). Too much all at one time.Â
3). Registration fees and others should not have been included.
Recommended for you
4). It gives lawmakers power to raise taxes and fees even higher with no voter approval.
Why were our roads let to go so bad? Where have our gas taxes gone? How much siphoned into other uses such as high-speed rail and pension payments etc.? With more cars on the road, there there should be more tax money available. Money is there. Brown has a large reserve gained by raising taxes. Use some of that reserve now while those who paid the taxes can enjoy their use. Vote yes on Proposition 6 and replace with a reasonable gas tax hike, voter approved, without add-ons and usage restricted strictly for roads and bridges. Demand accountability and do not hand our lawmakers a blank check.
12 cents per gallon gas tax increase is not unreasonable, especially considering that the gas tax hadn't been increased since 1994. Transportation infrastructure is expensive, but necessary. You get what you pay for. I voted NO ON 6.
What happened to all the money that we spent on roads in he past. Went into the general fund to pay for the priorities of the left controlling Sacramento. Please people, do not reward incompetence with more money. Sacramento will never change if we keep giving them our hard earned money for doing a completely terrible job.
Prop 6 will do nothing to make our roads better. It will, however, make pension funds happier. Perhaps we'll get yet another boondoggle spent on the Bay Bridge (over $7 billion for just half a bridge). Or more money wasted for the ironically named high-speed rail (basically a union giveaway).
Vote YES on 6, unless you want to see your money thrown into a black hole. Some can afford it, but most can not. For the people that want to vote NO, please instead vote YES and donate your money to the state treasury. Thank you in advance.
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO
personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who
make comments. Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. Don't threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Anyone violating these rules will be issued a
warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be
revoked.
Please purchase a Premium Subscription to continue reading.
To continue, please log in, or sign up for a new account.
We offer one free story view per month. If you register for an account, you will get two additional story views. After those three total views, we ask that you support us with a subscription.
A subscription to our digital content is so much more than just access to our valuable content. It means you’re helping to support a local community institution that has, from its very start, supported the betterment of our society. Thank you very much!
(4) comments
12 cents per gallon gas tax increase is not unreasonable, especially considering that the gas tax hadn't been increased since 1994. Transportation infrastructure is expensive, but necessary. You get what you pay for. I voted NO ON 6.
What happened to all the money that we spent on roads in he past. Went into the general fund to pay for the priorities of the left controlling Sacramento. Please people, do not reward incompetence with more money. Sacramento will never change if we keep giving them our hard earned money for doing a completely terrible job.
Prop 6 will kill billions of dollars for public transportation and infrastructure that are badly needed. NO ON 6.
Prop 6 will do nothing to make our roads better. It will, however, make pension funds happier. Perhaps we'll get yet another boondoggle spent on the Bay Bridge (over $7 billion for just half a bridge). Or more money wasted for the ironically named high-speed rail (basically a union giveaway).
Vote YES on 6, unless you want to see your money thrown into a black hole. Some can afford it, but most can not. For the people that want to vote NO, please instead vote YES and donate your money to the state treasury. Thank you in advance.
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.