Howie Carr – For Whom the Tax Tolls?

Ask not for whom Deval Patrick tolls…he tolls for we By Howie Carr |   Sunday, March 8, 2009  |  http://www.bostonherald.com Photo by Angela Rowlings (file) Three weeks from today, the tolls go up. Maybe it’s not too late to stop this rip-off. Everybody’s obsessed with Deval Patrick’s proposed 19-cent gas tax increase, and rightly so. But some pol could make a name for himself trying to halt Deval’s other outrageous... [Read More...]

Proposed gas tax – Western Mass

Proposed gas tax hike faces heated opposition in Western Mass. Unfair burden for region, many at hearing contend Transportation Secretary James A. Aloisi Jr. responded to addressed the panel of state legislators at the first of four state hearings a Springfield hearing on increasing the gas tax. (Michele McDonald/Globe Staff) By Noah Bierman Globe Staff / March 5, 2009 SPRINGFIELD – Governor Deval... [Read More...]

Gas Tax – Howie Carr

Gas tax, Pike hike add fuel to fire By Howie Carr | Sunday, February 22, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics Gov. Deval Patrick, what part of “no” do you not understand? No to the 19-cent increase in the gas tax. No to the obscene hike in the tolls. I know, the highest state gas tax in America will merely cost the “average” motorist “one large cup of coffee a week.” It’s the least we can do for what Deval calls... [Read More...]