[chrislind2]

This is happening again! The governor of Oregon has said that he will implement this new taxing method, and he usually gets what he wants. We need to find a way to stop this before it goes too far. Oregonians need to start a campaign to stop this now!

[Thermalseeker]

We need to find a way to stop this before it goes too far.

If it does happen, remember, there has never been a GPS receiver made that cannot be wholly defeated by the proper application of tin foil....

Jeez, and to think I was disgusted when they wouldn't let me pump my own gas when I traveled through there.....

[Sloth]

The Big Brother factor is the ONLY reason to push this. Fuel taxes already do a near-perfect job of imposing a cost proportional to road use (even to the point of naturally penalizing heavy vehicles that cause more wear & tear on pavement).

[Star Traveler]

I remember reading about this a few years ago. Has it been “working its way through the system” all this time?

[Graybeard58]

and why is he so vauge about the entire issue?

I hate it when people are vauge.

[thirst4truth]

We just lost our Senator Smith to a new gun grabbing democrat Senator. Bye Bye to any R on the west coast now.

The State house and Senate have big D majorities. The enviornmentalists rule this state. No logging, no fishing, no motorized vehicles in the "state or Fed forests" which total over 90% of our land mass. Unemployment is over 8% and our number one export is our children.

It doesn't occur to the powers that be, that freeing up logging and fishing would bring in tons of revenue to the state coffers and jobs. My county, of 100,000 people, receives $50,000,000 from the federal government every year from the feds(the taxpayer). It was the deal we cut with Clinton when he saved the forests for the spotted owl. We had one mill in our county, and then we had dozens, but one mill sent $25 million in tax revenue to DC in one year before the spotted owl.

[aimhigh]

Oregon, the state known for its law that fines you for speaking out against a public worker or a state official,

She lost her credibility with the above sentence. As a life long Oregonian, I know of no such law.

[grobdriver]

I have two words for this plan:

Faraday Cage.

[VRWCmember]

Do you have anything more recent on this subject than this 5 year old article. The website for the publication doesn’t even exist anymore.

[chrislind2]

http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OIPP/mileage_background.shtml This is all a part of the Governor's long range transportation plan that can be seen on his web site. It has been a study that started many years ago and he wants to put it in place now. He has looked into toll roads in various parts of Portland. He wants to double the costs of registration fees.