You mean in 2028?
Have no fear, their legislature will ignore this vote and pass a law to do it. Their commie governor will happily sign it.
“Oregonians are on track to overwhelmingly reject hikes to the state’s gas tax, payroll tax and vehicle registration and title fees ... “
Bunch of gosh darn hypocrites! Look, if you’re going to vote for communists, you have to get with the program. But it’s ok, keep voting for communists and they’ll find a way to get your money, all of your money. There are illegal immigrants and other criminals who need it!
A margin too big to cheat away.
As if we needed more proof that ‘government service’ attracts the least-capable.
This is a yuge win in Oregon. Even Portland is tired of Portland.
Kotek’s machinations failed, but searching ‘Oregon gas tax’ one finds 5 stories headlining defeat, while the NYT headlines the vote thusly:
....Results: ‘Raise Gas Tax and Transportation Fees’
hhmmm....?
Oregon is doomed. The city of Portland is irretrievably infected with cancerous progressive failures that can not be effectively un done
Deep State has to steal OR’s elections for a reason...
Lol. Very little of the $ would have gone to infrastructure. Roads departments are money laundering operations.
They got greedy trying for all those taxes at once. If they had gone for one per election they might have passed.
If you would like more information about what’s happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me. Please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list. “Oregon voters overwhelmingly rejecting hikes to gas tax...”
Typical Leftists. They JUST LOVE the idea of getting people to drive less and use Ghetto Transportation (buses, light rails, etc.)...as long as it’s NOT THEIR PEOPLE.
HOW DID THEY VOTE ON THE PROPOSAL TO END ALL ANIMAL OWNERSHIP
The problem many mostly rural states have is the number of miles of roads versus a relatively small population - miles of roads per capita.
But that does not explain all of Oregon’s highways money problem. You need to only compare Oregon and Montana.
Montana has a population (1.4 million) about 1/3 of Oregon’s (4.27 million).
Montana has about 14,000 miles of highways (12,900 state, 1,191 interstate). It has a state gas tax of $0.33 a gallon.
Oregon has a bigger population and fewer miles of highways (about 8,1000 - 730 Interstate and 7,400 state), yet its gas tax is already $0.40 a gallon ($0.07 more than Montana).
I stated out thinking the largely rural relatively small population of Oregon, and not tiny land size (larger than 51 other states) was the problem. But obviously the larger state of Montana with a smaller population than Oregon does not need a gas tax as much as what Oregon already has.
Conclusion: Oregon is mismanaged in every way.
One possible caveat: County roads maintained by the counties and the portion of state gas taxes that goes to that. But alas, I looked it up, and Montana has nearly twice the miles in county roads as Oregon while both designate some of the state gas tax to pay for them.
Good for Oregon, and surprising, they usually vote the same way as California - whose voters rejected a suspension of the (highest in the nation) gas tax:
“California voters rejected a suspension of the gas tax by defeating Proposition 6 in 2018”
And yes, wouldn’t surprise me if some Commie judge overturns the vote:
RE: California: Prop 8, yes but also Prop 187, passed with 59% of the vote and which would have denied services to illegals:
“California’s Proposition 187 was ruled unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer”
The government will ignore the road maintenance to punish the people till they vote for a tax increase.