Hello Sierrans,

I wanted to call this report to your attention.

Laurie

http://thegazette.com/2011/11/08/branstad-agrees-to-take-gas-tax-increase-off-the-table-for-a-year/

Excerpt:

The governor said he has challenged Paul Trombino III, the director of the state Department of Transportation (DOT), to eliminate duplications, find efficiencies and identify administrative savings that would be the equivalent of 2 cents of fuel tax, or about $50 million. He also wants to end the diversion of a penny worth of gas tax revenue from the state road use tax fund to deal with leaky underground storage tanks – saying much of the tank problem has been addressed and he is concerned the money is becoming “a slush fund” that legislators are using for purposes not road related.

“I think we need to look at that first before turning to these other alternatives,” Branstad said before and during his WHO-AM radio call-in show. “These are some of the things that we can do up front before we ever look at raising the fuel tax.”