Lawmakers back initiative
Republicans come to Chico, urge voters to sign petition to repeal gas tax
Congressman Doug LaMalfa, state Sen. Jim Nielsen and Assemblyman James Gallagher gathered at the Sinclair gas station next to Walmart in Chico on Friday (Jan. 26) to launch a petition campaign to stop the California gas tax. But they weren’t the only ones present—a group just as large as theirs stood mostly on the Forest Avenue sidewalk (after being asked to vacate the property) in protest, shouting things like “Dump Doug!” During a press briefing, LaMalfa said the Democrats in the state Legislature “jammed it through without your voice,” referring to the gas tax, intended to raise $5.2 billion each year to improve roads. Gallagher, who voted against the tax, called it “bullying” and said, “The initiative process gives us a voice.”
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