Commitment 2022: Alabama’s Republican gubernatorial candidates weigh in on gas tax
WOULD TAKE. CHIP: ALABAMA’S GAS TAX NOW SITS AT $.28 A GALN.LO THE MONEY GOES TOWARDS IMPROVING THE STATES ROADS. WITH AN AVERAGE GAS PCERI SITTING CLOSE TO FOUR DOLRSLA A GALLON, SOME FEEL THE EXTRA $8.2 A GALLON SHOULD BE PAUSED. INCLUDING SOME OF THE CANDIDATES RUNNING AGAINST GOVERNOR KAY IVEY IN THE UPCOMING REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. >> WE STARTED AN INITIATIVE LAST WEEK AND IT IS A PETITION, SUSPEND THE TAX CAT — SUSPEND THE GAS TAX.COM, SO SIGN OUR PETITION TO ASK THE GOVERNOR TO DO THAT FOR THE HARD-WORKING PEOPLE OF THE STATE. >> WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE IS PUT A TRIGGER IN THERE, EVEN IF THEY DID A GAS TAX, THAT SAID IF GASOT G TO TWO DOLLARS 75 DOLLARS, THREE DOLLARS, THAT GAS TAX SHOULD COME OFF. >> SHOULD HAVE PUT A MORATORIUM ON THAT, RIGHT? THAT SHOULD BEEN THE FIRST THING THEY DID IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION WNHE GAS PRICES STARTED SKYROCKETING. I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR THREE MONTHS. CHIP: GOVERNOR IVEY DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW ON MONDAY BUTN I A RECENT INTERVIEW WITH OUR JEFF ELIASOPH, THE GOVERNOR DEFENDED THE STATES $.28 GAS T.AX >> WE’VE GOT 15 HUNDRED RD PROJECTS UNDERWAY AND IT’S OPENING THE DOOR FOR A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FORUR O PEOPLE TO TAKE THE WEST ALABAMA COURT OR FOR EXAMPLE. IT’S GOING BE A FOUR-NELA ROAD ALL THE WAY FROM MOBILE TO TUSCALOOSA. CHIP: NEIGHBORING GEORGIA GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP SIGNED A BILL INTO LAW ELIMINATING THE STATES $.29 GAS TAX UNTIL THE END OF MAY. FOR THOSE RUNNI FNGOR GOVERNOR IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA, HOW THEY HANDLE THE STATES RISING GA S PRICES COULD BE KEY TO THEIR FUTURE IN OFFICE. >> I TNKHI IT’S IMPORTANT FIRST OF ALL THE RECOGNIZE THAT GOVERNOR IVEY HAS SAID FOR NOW, SHE IS NOT GOING TO REMOVE THE GAS TAX. I THINK THAT SHOULD WE SEE IT REMOVED, IT WILL BE LED BY THE LESLGIATURE. AND IF THERE IS ENOUGH PRESSURE, IF SHE THINKS THAT THE OTHER CANDIDATES ARE GETTING ENOHUG TRACTION WITH THIS ISSUE, SHE MAY CHANGE HER POSITION. CHIP: IN THE MEANTIME, ALABAMIANS ARE LEFT TRIED TO BUDGET THE PAIN AT THE PUMP AS THE SPRING AND SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON HEATS
Commitment 2022: Alabama’s Republican gubernatorial candidates weigh in on gas tax
Updated: 5:22 PM CDT Apr 5, 2022
Alabama’s gas tax now sits at 28 cents per gallon. The money goes towards improving the state’s roads. Watch the video above to learn where some candidates running for governor in Alabama stand on the issue of pausing the gas tax.
Alabama’s gas tax now sits at 28 cents per gallon. The money goes towards improving the state’s roads. Watch the video above to learn where some candidates running for governor in Alabama stand on the issue of pausing the gas tax.
