“I think anybody who voted for it ought to stand up and stand tall. This is an investment in the safety of our roads and the future of public transit and to not do that is irresponsible. I don’t make any apologies for the vote I cast last year and I’m happy to go before the voters and defend it.”
Rep. Jay Kaufman (D-Lexington), on the likely question on the 2014 ballot asking voters if they want to repeal the recent law that provides for automatic hikes in the gas tax by tying future increases to the Consumer Price Index.
“I don’t know how one stands tall when one has taken a vote never to stand tall again, but to forever let a tax automatically increase rather than ever vote for another gas tax increase. Cowards do not stand tall, cowards cringe from accountability.”
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Barbara Anderson, President of Citizens for Limited Taxation.
Beacon Hill Roll Call
Friday, January 31, 2014
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