Recall Josh Newman, again
By JOHN SEILER | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: July 7, 2021 at 1:49 p.m. | UPDATED: July 7, 2021 at 1:49 p.m.
How do you like the new gas-tax hike? It seems small at 0.6 cents per gallon. But it’s the latest siphon from your wallet, an inflation adjustment, from the tax hike imposed in 2017 by Senate Bill 1. The key vote was by Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton.
A tax increase requires a two-thirds vote in the Assembly and Senate. Newman provided the key 27th of 40 votes in the Senate. The total SB 1 tax now stands at 21.5 cents. Including previous state gas taxes, the total now is 51.1 cents. On top of that, the federal tax is 18.4 cents.
On June 5, 2018, 58% of the voters booted Newman from office and replaced him with Republican Ling Ling Chang, a nice person and friend to taxpayers. Unfortunately, last November massive and vicious public-employee union hit pieces against Chang let Newman slink back into office.
His Senate District 29 is a “purple” district straddling the counties of OC, Riverside and San Bernardino. Back in 2017 he was supposed to be the voice of moderation, but ended up backing the spendthrift establishment.
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