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Specifically, Assembly Democrats will propose:

* Reducing gasoline prices about 11 cents a gallon by cutting the sales tax California charges on such fuel.

* Increasing the state's general sales tax by a quarter of a cent, with revenues earmarked for future road projects.

* Placing the $10 billion bond on next year's ballot and paying for it by gradually raising gasoline excise taxes - by 1 cent in 2006-07, 2 cents in 2010-11, and 1 cent in 2015-16.

So basically they're going to raise taxes, but are going to attempt to hide it by reducing the tax bite on gas but increasing other taxes to more than make up for it.

What's wrong with raising the bridge toll to $10? Other than that would require those who benefit from the bridge to actually have to pay for it.

I guess we can't have that, so let's make everyone else pay more.

[BurbankKarl]

I agree....raising the bridge toll to $10 works for me.

[gridlock]

What's wrong with raising the bridge toll to $10?

What's wrong is that if it was a matter of the user paying, they would learn to live with the ugly old bridge. This entire project is being driven by racial and identity politics. There is no rational thought there.