2002 the city of Eugene imposed a gas tax, now at five cents a gallon to help maintain our potholes, err…. I mean roads, now four years later, the city counselors want to explore alternatives to the tax which would cost single-family homeowners $5.22 a month or $62.64 annually to help fund the city's $100 million backlog of street work.
Alternative ideas include raising the city's gas tax; approve a general obligation bond or a commuter tax assessed on businesses.
The city counselors were deadlocked 4-4 on whether to postpone a vote on the proposal with Mayor Kitty Piercy breaking the tie in favor of the delay.
"The latest proposal would have raised an estimated $6.7 million annually for repairing, rebuilding and maintaining Eugene's streets."
more fees to chase businesses away, and let's not forget that with Sleepy Ted being reelected, the GPS road mileage fee may soon be a reality.
again, it's all about checks and balances. i.e. I don't trust them to do what they say they are going to do with the money.
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I wish someone would find another way to run the city,state,country, life....WITHOUT sqeezing citizens for more money. As I have discovered in my more than 50 years of life, throwing money at a problem does not make it go away. Until someone takes the time to address the problem, the band-aids we apply will keep getting soggy and falling off. And the residue they leave is a pain in the ass to get rid of!
I'd like to see an independent audit of where all that gas tax money really went to.
Also, their property tax increase would make those with just 1 (or even no) vehicle subsidize those with many - as well as big trucks that come into Eugene, torture the roads, then leave.
I say let's dump the Eugene city council!
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