Following the lead from the State House with its 83-20 vote, today the Alabama State Senate passed Governor Kay Ivey’s rushed “gas tax” with a 28-6 vote.
This tax has been in the works behind the backs of voters and tax payers for months if not longer; however, Governor Ivey only proposed her 10¢ per gallon gas hike on February 27, just 2 weeks ago. The tax “would be indexed to keep up with the rising cost of rebuilding roads.” Yeah. Right.
Do you really believe that? I most certainly do not! This backdoor tax is yet another way our corrupt state government will scam money away from tax payers, this time under the facade of repairing our roads and highway infrastructure. Now if that were true, this would be all fine and dandy, but I don’t for one second believe 100% of the collected tax will be used for that.
As you can tell, I vehemently oppose this tax. I do not appreciate how our Governor and State Legislators rushed this tax through. Below, I have listed the names of all State Representatives and State Senators who voted yes on this tax hike. I don’t know about you, but I will do my part in contacting my representatives and expressing my displeasure with them. Furthermore, I will not be voting for any of the individuals listed below for re-election or for any future office.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Not a single one of you will be getting another second chance from me.
House
Alexander
Allen
Baker
Ball
Blackshear
Boyd
Bracy
Brown, C
Brown, K
Chestnut
Clarke
Clouse
Coleman
Collins
Crawford
Daniels
Drake
Drummond
Easterbrook
Ellis
England
Estes
Faulkner
Faust
Forte
Garrett
Gaston
Givan
Gray
Greer
Grimsley
Hall
Hatcher
Hill
Hollis
Howard
Hurst
Ingram
Isbell
Jackson
Jones, M
Jones, S
Kitchens
Lawrence
Ledbetter
Lee
Lipscomb
Loworn
Marques
Martin
McCampbell
McClammy
McCutcheon
McMillan
Morris
Nordgren
Oliver
Pettus
Polizos
Poole
Pringle
Rafferty
Reynolds
Rich
Robertson
Rowe
Sanderfold
Scott
Sells
Shaver
Shedd
Shiver
Simpson
Sorrells
South
Stringer
Sullivan
Wadsworth
Warren
Wilcox
Wingo
Wood, D
Wood, R
Senate
Albritton
Allen
Beasley
Burkette
Butler
Chambliss
Chesteen
Coleman-Madison
Elliot
Givhan
Gudger
Holley
Jones
Livingston
Marsh
Melson
Orr
Price
Reed
Sanders-Fortier
Scofield
Sessions
Singleton
Smitherman
Waggoner
Ward
Whatley
Williams
