Petitioners want gas tax to be capped 1/4/2006 9:09 PM By: Associated Press More than 22,000 people have signed a petition to repeal the gas tax increase. RALEIGH, N.C. -- On the eve of a legislative committee meeting, the head of a conservative group asked legislators to roll back the gasoline tax increase that took effect last weekend and find a better way to generate road-building money. Bill Graham, a Salisbury attorney who represents North Carolina Conservatives United, showed binders containing the names of more than 22,000 people who want eliminated the nearly 3-cent-per-gallon increase in the gas tax that...