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Carona update on local option
comments () Update to earlier post, after talking to Sen. John Carona about his position on the local-option transportation tax: “Well, that’s really not accurate. It does in fact remain at the top of...
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Would Gov. Perry support a gas tax increase?
comments () Update: I accidentally deleted this post late last night, and have now restored it, with a few tweaks. Sorry for any confusion. What does Gov. Rick Perry mean when he says he hopes leaders...
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Another GOP senator supports gas-tax increase …
comments () … and this one has a primary opponent in his re-election bid. Nevertheless, Greenville’s Bob Deuell told members of our editorial board this week that he would support a one-time boost of...
View ArticleLet’s talk honestly about a vehicle-miles-driven tax
comments ()Talk about your gas tax diversion. This is becoming something of an minor obsession with me, so let me go ahead and apologize right from the start. But it seems like you can’t turn around in...
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Why didn’t local-option bill didn’t sink Vicki Truitt?
comments () Her three opponents tried mightily to use her transportation proposal against her, but Keller Republican Vicki Truitt still kept her vote totals above the 50 percent mark and avoided a...
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