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Gas tax advocates urge voter support.(City/Region)(The measure would increase Springfield's per-gallon tax to 5 cents, with the money raised going to maintain city streets)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
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May 1, 2009
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Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard
SPRINGFIELD - With May ballots beginning to wind their way to voters today, advocates of the city's proposed 2-cents-per-gallon gas tax increase gathered at City Hall Thursday to see if they could fuel a little more support from citizens.
The biggest challenge they face is getting residents to get over the "T-word" - taxes - and show them the increase would keep the city's streets from becoming so run down that it will cost millions of dollars to rebuild them later, said Rick Dancer, a former political candidate ...
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