Gov Perry Should Veto TXDOT bill if it has tax increase

Local governments want the ability to increase gas taxes by putting a provision on the ballot. This could increase gas taxes as much as 125% in Texas!

Since the provisions of that measure -- SB 855 -- have been rolled into the TXDOT Sunset legislation, we should encourage the Governor to veto the bill if that provision is in it when it arrives on his desk.

Whether or not you support that local option legislation, the AFP-Texas position is this: as long as local officials want the ability to put a tax INCREASE on the ballot, but are opposing taxpayers having the ability to automatically vote for LOWERING the tax, we will opppose it.

That's our position on local control. It should be in the hands of the taxpayers, not the tax spenders.