Re: “Pay-per-mile could supplement state gas tax” (Feb. 17, A1):
I learn with curiosity and amusement the article relating to a pay-per-mile fuel tax. Rep. Jake Fey, D-Tacoma, proposes this new type of fuel tax as a substitute of a tax surcharge per gallon to pay for highway repairs. Motorists would pay yearly as a part of their automobile registration charges.
The article states, “Fey mentioned he believed individuals would truthfully report odometer readings …” I discover this amusing as in Gene Balk’s FYI Man column he writes that there are roughly 180,000 canines in Seattle however solely about 30,000 are licensed (“These are Seatle’s hottest canine names,” Feb. 18, Northwest). Additionally within the Feb. 18 version, in Rant & Rave on web page B8, a “ranter” reported driving from “house to the Wallingford put up workplace, to the Ballard Fred Meyer, and again. I counted 22 expired tabs.”
Are the great individuals of Tacoma extra trustworthy than Seattle residents? I doubt it.
Janice Tharp, Shoreline
