http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Wash-reps-email-drawing-ire-from-bike-community-194553321.html
WA REP Rep. Ed Orcutt (R-Kalama) SAYS TAX BIKE SALES, CYCLISTS ADD TO POLLUTION
by Evan Sernoffsky, kgw staff
OLYMPIA, Wash. – A Washington state representative who serves as a ranking Republican on the State Transportation Committee may be an unlikely proponent of a tax that would require everyone who buys a bike for more than $500 to pay a $25 fee.
His reason for supporting the tax, however, is raising some eyebrows in the Northwest biking community.
More: Wash Dems pitch bike sales tax for roads
Rep. Ed Orcutt (R-Kalama) said in an email to bike shop owner Dale Carlson that, “since CO2 is deemed a greenhouse gas and a pollutant, bicyclists are actually polluting when they ride.”
Personal Observation: A sidekick of Al Gore?
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WA REP Rep. Ed Orcutt (R-Kalama) SAYS TAX BIKE SALES, CYCLISTS ADD TO POLLUTION
by Evan Sernoffsky, kgw staff
OLYMPIA, Wash. – A Washington state representative who serves as a ranking Republican on the State Transportation Committee may be an unlikely proponent of a tax that would require everyone who buys a bike for more than $500 to pay a $25 fee.
His reason for supporting the tax, however, is raising some eyebrows in the Northwest biking community.
More: Wash Dems pitch bike sales tax for roads
Rep. Ed Orcutt (R-Kalama) said in an email to bike shop owner Dale Carlson that, “since CO2 is deemed a greenhouse gas and a pollutant, bicyclists are actually polluting when they ride.”
Personal Observation: A sidekick of Al Gore?
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