{"id":20033,"date":"2013-08-06T17:40:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T21:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20033"},"modified":"2013-08-06T17:42:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T21:42:39","slug":"happening-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20033","title":{"rendered":"Happening In Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are upset that the gasoline tax<\/a> in Massachusetts is now indexed to inflation, here is how you can change that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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TANK THE AUTOMATIC GAS TAX HIKES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ballot Initiative Will Stop Taxation Without Representation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Boston, MA…Today a group of taxpayers gathered on the outside State House stairs to announce that they are filing a ballot initiative to cut the linkage between the gas tax and inflation which the legislature recently passed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It is outrageous that Beacon Hill is increasing our gas tax every year for the rest of lives without a vote.\u00a0 That’s taxation without representation.\u00a0 It is wrong and we are going to stop it,” said Steve Aylward, who is the Republican State Committee man that ran the very successful signature drive for Mike Sullivan last winter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The initial supporters of the ballot initiative include Marty Lamb, Chris Pinto<\/a>, Republican National Committee<\/a> woman Chanel Prunier, Les Gosule who passed Melissa’s law in 2012, Jeff Bailey<\/a>, State Representative Leah Cole, Stephen Coulter<\/a>, Alex Vispoli, State Representative Geoff Diehl, State Representative Jim Lyons<\/a>, State Representative Marc Lombardo<\/a>, Rick Gleason of the Massachusetts Motorcycle Association, Rich Howell, Paul Craney<\/a> of Mass Fiscal, Desiree Awiszio, Jamie Kang, Mike Mosca, Marylou Daxland, Katie Regan, State Representative Shaunna O’Connell, John O’Mara of the Northborough Tea Party, Barbara Anderson of Citizens of Limited Taxation, and many more.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last month the legislature passed the so-called transportation bill which included a gas tax hike, a new tax on computer software, and a cigarette tax increase. It also linked the gas tax to CPI which allows the gas tax to increase every year without a vote of the legislature.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This year our state took in over $600 million above projections.\u00a0 We don’t need this tax package.\u00a0 I voted against this bill in the House and I am not going to sit on the sidelines now while the state reaches into our wallets every year for the rest of our lives for more and more money without an accountable vote being taken,” said State Representative Diehl.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“How much more will Beacon Hill take from our wallets?\u00a0 We don’t know.\u00a0 We just know it is going up automatically with no debate, no input and no oversight,” said Pinto.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Our elected officials have failed us.\u00a0 Our only alternative is to pass a ballot question that will stop this taxation without representation,” said Marty Lamb.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The attorney for the group is former U.S. Attorney Mike Sullivan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since launching the facebook page last week the group has over 695 friends.\u00a0 The plan is to launch a website shortly in preparation for collecting\u00a0 100,000 raw signatures.\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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If you are upset that the gasoline tax in Massachusetts is now indexed to inflation, here is how you can change that: TANK THE AUTOMATIC GAS TAX HIKES   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 August 6, 2013Contact: Holly Robichaud 781-378-1798   TANK … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5636,6062,6059,142,6060,1034,6061,280],"class_list":["post-20033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fuel-tax","tag-jeff-bailey","tag-marc-lombardo","tag-massachusetts","tag-paul-craney","tag-republican-national-committee","tag-stephen-coulter","tag-tax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20033"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20037,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20033\/revisions\/20037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}