By Taxpayers Association of Oregon / OregonWatchdog.com — AAA on April 9th put Oregon at over $5.00 a gallon gas. This is because of our high state gas tax and our hidden gas taxes through backdoor carbon fees. Now Measure 120 is on the May Primary Ballot. This is a massive gas tax hike, DMV…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon / OregonWatchdog.com — The long journey of the gas tax is almost over. Last fall Governor Tina Kotek pushed through a $4.3 billion gas tax without bothering to ask voters in a publci vote. That $4.3 billion gas tax would be law right now if it wasn’t for the effort…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation — Last week, a gas tax map from GasBuddy.com shows the entire West Coast in extreme price range for gasoline. This type of inflated gas price will ripple across the entire economies of the West Coast.
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon / OregonWatchdog.com — Last fall, the Taxpayers Association of Oregon asked our supporters how a gas tax increase would impact their families. This come sin light of the pending $4.3 billion gas tax, DMV fee increases and wage tax hike with HB 3991 which is now on the ballot. We…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon / OregonWatchdog.com — The three chief petitioners of the historic gas tax referendum (Senator Bruce Starr, Rep. Ed Diehl, Jason Williams of Taxpayers Association) launched a lawsuit against SB 1599 which aims to change the election date of the gas tax referendum from the November General Election (as printed on…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon / OregonWatchdog.com — Never do we recall a bill signed so quickly. The bill to swap the election date for the gas tax referendum was debated on the House floor, voted upon, signed by the House Speaker, Signed by the Senate President and signed by the Governor — all within…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon / OregonWatchdog.com — SB 1599 has passed the House and is on the way to the Governor. SB b1599 takes the gas tax referendum’s November election date and swaps it to the lesser election date of the May Primary. This is election swapping — especially when the gas tax referendum…
By Oregon State Representative Dwayne Yunker — Rep. Dwayne Yunker Condemns Passage of SB 1599 Oregonians Right to Vote Should Not Be Manipulated SALEM, Ore. – Representative Dwayne Yunker (R–Grants Pass) today condemned the passage of Senate Bill 1599, legislation that shifts the voter referendum on the 2025 transportation tax package from the November general…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon / OregonWatchdog.com — By ramming the gas tax election into the May Primary, it shortens the time for voters to issue voter pamphlet arguments on the ballot measure. This is especially true for citizens who wish to get their voter pamphlet arguments submitted through the free process by gathering 500…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon / OregonWatchdog.com — The Senate bill to swap the gas tax vote from a November General election to a May election has hit a Constitutional wall. As a result the bill is stalled. The petition itself on the front page in bold sets the election date. Politicians cannot just move…