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The gax tax passed and was implemented on April Fool’s Day (1997). Maybe that was the key. Idahoans thought it was a hoax and didn’t notice the difference at the pump, where the price at the time was about $1.20 a gallon. OK, probably not, since S-R opinion writer D.F. Oliveria called for that tax – and an earlier federal bump of 4.3 cents – to be reversed: “Repeal both gas tax hikes and give us working stiffs a fighting chance at the pumps.” Guess that scared lawmakers straight, because they haven’t dared touch the tax since. Nor have they found sufficient revenue for road upkeep/Gary Crooks, Smart Bombs. More here.
Question: If I knew at the time I was on the Editorial Board that I had that kind of influence over the Idaho Legislature, I woulda told them to repeal the sales tax on food, too. Which Idaho tax do you like least?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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pthompson on May 13 at 1:39 p.m.
Who would have thought DFO was the cause of the Boise Gas Tax war this session. Someone did their homework here.
Frum Helen Back on May 13 at 2:27 p.m.
Wow! Way to go DFO! Now that you have a cult following, go after the grocery sales tax.
Charlie on May 13 at 6:58 p.m.
Lookout Boise, DFO has your number.
JamesBond on May 13 at 10:59 p.m.
The personal property tax for businesses is the most ludicrous, bureaucratic, paper-intensive, and just plain silly tax conceivable.
JIMMYMAC on May 13 at 11:01 p.m.
James Bond,
Overwhelming agreement here.