Some good news from Sacramento

Assemblymember Marie Waldron

Assembly District 75 (R)

Your legislature was able to do some positive work for the taxpayers this session.

For starters, a number of tax hike proposals were blocked, including $1 billion in new gas taxes, $2 billion from a $65 per-vehicle 'highway-user fee' and $1.8 billion from new taxes on managed health care plans.

Thankfully, attempts to use our transportation and healthcare needs as an excuse for unnecessary tax increases failed. This year’s budget was the largest in history, with over $7 billion in additional revenues. There was no need to increase taxes or...