If not gas tax, how to pay for roads?

I’m not married to the idea of the gas tax, but we have to pay for the upkeep of our crumbling infrastructure somehow. So far, I haven’t seen any alternate proposals from opponents of I-912. What’s the plan? State income tax? Higher sales tax? Let the roads crumble? Cut funding from education? Go to an all volunteer fire department?

No one likes to pay taxes, but a mature decision-making process requires more than just stubbornly stomping your feet and refusing to pay for necessities. If you don’t want to pay more for gas (and I don’t blame you), then what would you rather do instead?

Adam Griffith

Bothell