Kotek to follow NY “hide-n-tax” playbook on tolls, gas tax?

(Above is New York’s congestion price toll plan)
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

STEP #1
• NY Governor proposed congestion price tolls
• Kotek proposed congestion price tolls

STEP #2
• Public backlash made NY Governor “pause” toll program
• Public backlash made Kotek “pause” toll program

STEP #3.
• After election, NY Governor’s party gained seats.
• After election, Kotek’s party gained seats.

STEP #4
• NY Governor un-pauses tolling scheme
• Will Kotek now un-pause Oregon toll plan? (also introduce gas tax)

We think Governor Kotek will likely go full steam ahead with tolling in the 2025 Legislative Session.

Here is what the co-chair of the Oregon Joint Transportation Committee said about tolling.

Here is what the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board said about New York Governor’s surprise tax move:

“Democrats gained three House seats in New York on Election Day, so now they can get back to tax-and-spend government as usual. That’s the message from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is reviving a tax on driving into Manhattan she paused in what now looks like a political bait-and-switch. Ms. Hochul’s office is moving ahead with a so-called congestion-pricing system that will charge drivers who enter New York City’s main business district, on top of many current tunnel and bridge fares. The proposed initial fee of $15 enraged commuters after state regulators approved it in March, and the Governor agreed to pause it “indefinitely” in June. But now she wants to activate the traffic cameras and begin taxing drivers by early January.

Both the pause and reversal were timed to the political calendar. Nearly two-thirds of New Yorkers oppose congestion pricing, according to a Siena College poll, and Democrats in close House races feared their party would get blamed. Ms. Hochul took the issue out of the news for long enough to help flip three seats in the state…Ms. Hochul won’t give up on the plan because it checks boxes on the progressive wish-list: Reducing driving and carbon emissions, and funding New York’s debt-laden transit system without concessions from bloated union rolls.”

Here is how the NY Post described it:

The Taxpayers Association of Oregon has been warning you and taxpayers about tolling and the upcoming 35-cent gas tax.  Be ready!

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