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THE PUMP.
IT'S ALL ABOUT A PROPOSED GAS
TAX INCREASE IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY,
FLORIDA. FOX TEN NEWS REPORTER
PAIGE
MALONE IS LIVE IN PENSACOLA WITH
MORE.
WELL BOB AND LETISHA, IF THIS
PASSES, EVERYTIME YOU PULL IN TO
PUMP
WOULD BE PAYING AN EXTRA 4 CENTS
A GALLON.
PUBLIC BUS SYSTEM, WHICH IS
CURRENTLY
FUNDED THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES.
< PRICES AT THE PUMP ARE ALWAYS
"its quite difficult because i
have my own business in which i
use my car for transportation
delivering
"i let my self have ten dollars
a week and i try and go by that,
10
ASKING PEOPLE TO PAY MORE IS
BUT ITS ONE THAT THE ESCAMBIA
COUNTY
FLORIDA COMMISSION IS
CONSIDERING WITH A NEW GAS TAX.
couties in florida that do
escambia county
about a 3rd of the counties do
AN
IDEA THAT'S BEEN THROWN AROUND
FOR YEARS, IMPLEMENTING A
FOUR CENT GAS TAX. today when
fuel prices vary from 30-40
gallon in the course of s few
weeks its insignificant
exspecially in todays economy
COMMISSION VOTED TO PUSH IT TO
THE NEXT STEP. everyone looked
together and stay strong on this
issues THE MONEY
SYSTEM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY
FUNDED
THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES. THE
LIKE ROADS. BOTH COMMISSIONERS
VALENTINO THINK A GAS TAX IS A
MORE FAIR APPROACH
TO FUNDING. when you look at
what you would be able to
necessarily from all within
escambia county its a fair way
to do it its an historic
shifting the burden of funding
for mass transit off of the
backs of the tax payers the
putting it where it belongs on a
fuel tax
PROPERTY TAXES IN RETURN FOR THE
have a dollar for dollar trade
And that where i am EVEN WITH
RESIDENTS SAY NO WAY. "i'd
rather see them lower gas
prices, a lot"
VALENTINO ALSO LIKES THE IDEA OF
REDUCING PROPERTY TAXES, BUT
SAYS
THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION. USE
THE JUST OVER 3 MILLION FROM
PROPERTY TAXES THAT WAS GOING TO
THE TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. NOW THERE WILL BE
A PUBLIC HEARING ON
NOVEMBER 19TH . IF ITS PASSED,
IT WOULDNT BE
IMPLEMENTED UNTIL 2014.
REPORTING LIVE IN ESCAMBIA
FLORIDA. PAIGE MALONE, FOX TEN
NEWS.
THANKS PAIGE. THAT TAX IS
TONIGHT'S TALKER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT A 4 CENT