Timber Unity, the timber industry advocacy group which most famously sent a vehicle convoy to the Capitol in 2020 to protest Brown’s cap-and-trade climate bill, sent the governor a letter Monday requesting she use executive powers to pause the state’s gas tax.
In the letter, Timber Unity co-director Angelita Sanchez pointed to Brown’s use of emergency powers to mandate masks. “Your execution of those orders demonstrated the breadth and depth of gubernatorial control in circumstances of emergency,” she wrote. “A new crisis is at our door, and it demands a response.”
The group asked that Brown suspend the state gas tax, halve the per mile tax on vehicles over 26,000 pounds from an average of 20 cents per mile to 10 cents per mile and allow commercial vehicles to purchase “off-road” diesel that has a lower tax. “Off-road” diesel is typically reserved for vehicles used in construction and agriculture. Read More
