The emojis weigh in on the gift card program.
Sources:
- Madison mayor's budget proposal: $40 wheel tax to fund Bus Rapid Transit. (Wisconsin State Journal, 10/3/2019)
- Madison’s proposed $40 wheel tax would be highest in state, but may be ‘only way’ to balance budget. (Wisconsin State Journal, 10/9/2019)
- Madison Finance Committee delays $40 wheel tax, but vehicle fee is likely 'inevitable'. (Wisconsin State Journal, 10/11/2019)
- Editorial: Smaller wheel tax OK if used to innovate. (Wisconsin State Journal, 10/13/2019)
- Madison Finance Committee recommends $40 wheel tax, rejects adding for police officers. (10/23/2019)
- Madison City Council passes $40 wheel tax to close major budget hole. (Wisconsin State Journal, 10/30/2019)
- Emails to Madison leaders reveal strong opposition to $40 wheel tax. (Wisconsin State Journal, 11/25/2019)
- Madison begins program to help low-income families offset city's $40 wheel tax. (Wisconsin State Journal, 1/25/2020)
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Wisconline
Source: Wikipedia
3rd-party candidates received 25.1% of vote in 1992, 15.7% of vote in 1996, 4.5% in 2016
(George Wallace received 9.8% of the vote in 1968)
It's never an easy call.
Public hearing Tuesday on county 'wheel tax' would boost vehicle fees. (Antigo Daily Journal)
Emails to Madison leaders reveal strong opposition to $40 wheel tax. (Madison.com, 11/25/2019)
11/28/2019 update, "Dear Michael, Meet Robin Vos and his 63-36 majority in the Wisconsin State Assembly, starts here.
It will be numerous election cycles before this is reversed
Photo credit: City of Madison
Quoted in Alder proposes alternative funding source to wheel tax. (WKOW 11/19/2019)
Not to mention gerrymandering.
7/3/2019 update, "Wisconsin GOP legislators thwarted in effort to shit on their #1 principle", starts here.
See list of hypocritical GOP sponsors at 6/15/2019 update.
6/30/2019 update, "Wisconsin's latest wheel tax tally: 25 municipalities, 11 counties (Thank you, Scott Walker!)", starts here.
Related reading:
Bumpy ride: an endless quest to fix local roads in Wisconsin. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/15/2017)
Bumpy ride: an endless quest to fix local roads in Wisconsin. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/15/2017)
In his budget bill, Gov. Scott Walker proposes using project delays and borrowing to help provide more funding over the next two years for local government projects and close a nearly $1 billion shortfall in the state's road fund.
6/15/2019 update, "GET ME REWRITE: Once again, Wisconsin GOP shits on its #1 principle", starts here.
These 16 GOP Assembly and 6 GOP Senate hypocrites ARE NOT representatives of a government that is closest to the people.
Data from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation show that 25 municipalities and 11 counties currently collect the local vehicle registration fee. The fee ranges anywhere from $10 to $30, and the average price of the fee in Wisconsin is just under $20. Curt Witynski, deputy director of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, called the legislation a “classic interference with local decision making.”
4/28/2019 update, "Your Wisconsin wheel tax update starts here", starts here.
It's spreading like wildfire!
25 municipalities and 10 counties
2/25/2019 update, "In less than 3 years, the number of Wisconsin municipalities and counties collecting a vehicle registration fee has more than doubled", starts here.
But wait, there's more!
Related posts:
2017
UPDATE. Now that Dane County approved a vehicle registration fee, it's time again for WIGOP to violate its most cherished principle. (12/17/2017)
Lincoln County becomes 6th county to implement vehicle registration fee. (9/26/2017)
Milwaukee County looks to go to the head of the class with wheel tax advisory referendum. (3/21/2017)
2016
Additional jurisdictions likely to add their names to Wisconsin wheel tax list. (8/20/2016)
Add Fort Atkinson to the list of municipalities assessing a wheel tax. (2/24/2016)
2015
Sheboygan Common Council wheel tax vote: The yeas, the nays & the chickenshits. (10/14/2015)
Sheboygan Council Vice-President tells his colleagues not to pee their pants at upcoming Committee of the Whole meeting. (10/11/2015)
Sheboygan Common Council ponders an annual $20 wheel tax. (8/25/2015)
2011
Janesville becomes 5th community to impose a wheel tax. (12/1/2011)
Three Dane County supervisors propose wheel tax. (11/9/2011; it didn't fly.)
Hudson lawmaker puts his finger on Janesville's pulse. (10/20/2011)
Mayville retains its wheel tax. (10/13/2011)
Wheel tax proposed in Janesville. (10/12/2011)
Original 6/20/2016 post, "Additional jurisdictions likely to add their names to Wisconsin wheel tax list", starts here.
Communities Turn To Wheel Tax For Road Maintenance. (Wisconsin Public Radio, 8/12/2016)
Dan Fedderly of the Wisconsin County Highway Association points to a decade of stagnant road funding from the state that's left locals with little choice. "We just simply need to address what has been a pending dilemma for many years and has got to the point where it is in crisis mode for many local units of government across the state," Fedderly said.
Related reading:
Bumpy ride: an endless quest to fix local roads in Wisconsin No decision on Marathon County wheel tax. (Northwoods Radio, 8/19/2016)
Wausau asks county for wheel tax cash. (Wausau Daily Herald, 8/18/2016)
Milwaukee County. County wheel tax, end to free GO Pass proposed. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/12/2016)
Green Bay considers road tax to fund roadwork. (Green Bay Press Gazette, 8/2/2016)
Portage council OKs wheel tax; goes into effect Jan. 1. (The Times, 5/5/2016)
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