Idaho Takes OHV Gas Tax Money from Parks

Friday, May 08, 2009

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Yesterday the Idaho House voted to take OHV Gas Tax Fund money from Idaho Parks and Recreation (IDPR). The vote was 46-18. To see who supported this bill and complete information, go to http://www.legislature.idaho.gov//legislation/2009/H0376.htm.

The bill now goes to the Senate. This is our last chance to make our voices heard.

YOU MUST ACT NOW!!

Call or email your State Senator and the Governor's office today, right now! If you wait, it may be too late. Below is a list of all the State Senators; find yours and please contact them immediately.

Call and leave a message at (208) 332-1000 or (800) 626-0471. Leave your name and to whom the message is to be delivered. Make your message simple and polite. "The recreation community depends upon the OHV gas tax that goes to IDPR. Please leave it alone. There is no other appropriate source of funding. Thank you" or whatever else you might wish to say.

Please, spread the word and ask everyone you know to make some calls or send some emails.
Thanks for your immediate attention,

Ric Foster
Public Lands Department Manager
BlueRibbon Coalition

Idaho State Senator Email Contacts:
District Representative (Party) - Residence, Email

Shawn Keough (Republican) - Sandpoint, skeough@senate.idaho.gov
Joyce Broadsword (Republican) - Sagle, jbroadsw@senate.idaho.gov
Mike Jorgenson (Republican) - Hayden Lake, mnjorgen@senate.idaho.gov
John Goedde (Republican) - Coeur d'Alene, jgoedde@senate.idaho.gov
James Hammond (Republican) - Coeur d'Alene, jhammond@senate.idaho.gov
Gary Schroeder (Republican) - Moscow, gschroed@senate.idaho.gov
Joe Stegner (Republican) - Lewiston, jstegner@senate.idaho.gov
Leland Heinrich (Republican) - Cascade, lheinrich@senate.idaho.gov
Monty Pearce (Republican) - New Plymouth, mpearce@senate.idaho.gov
John McGee (Republican) - Caldwell, jmcgee@senate.idaho.gov
Melinda Smyser (Republican) - Parma, msmyser@senate.idaho.gov
Curt McKenzie (Republican) - Boise, cmckenzi@senate.idaho.gov
Patti Anne Lodge (Republican) - Huston palodge@senate.idaho.gov
Chuck Winder (Republican) - Boise, cwinder@senate.idaho.gov
John Andreason (Republican) - Boise, jandreas@senate.idaho.gov
Les Bock (Democratic) - Boise, lbock@senate.idaho.gov
Eliot Werk (Democratic) - Boise, ewerk@senate.idaho.gov
Kate Kelly (Democratic) - Boise, kkelly@senate.idaho.gov
Nicole LeFavour (Democratic) - Boise, nlefavou@senate.idaho.gov
Shirley McKague (Republican) - Meridian, smckague@senate.idaho.gov
Russell Fulcher (Republican) - Meridian, rfulcher@senate.idaho.gov
Tim Corder (Republican) - Mountain Home, tcorder@senate.idaho.gov
Bert Brackett (Republican) - Rogerson, bbracket@senate.idaho.gov
Charles Coiner (Republican) - Twin Falls, ccoiner@senate.idaho.gov
Clint Stennett (Democratic) - Ketchum, cstennet@senate.idaho.gov
Dean Cameron (Republican) - Rupert, dcameron@senate.idaho.gov
Denton Darrington (Republican) - Declo, ddarring@senate.idaho.gov
Steve Bair (Republican) - Blackfoot, sbair@senate.idaho.gov
Diane Bilyeu (Democratic) - Pocatello, dbilyeu@senate.idaho.gov
Edgar Malepeai (Democratic) - Pocatello, emalepea@senate.idaho.gov
Robert L. Geddes (Republican) - Soda Springs, rlgeddes@senate.idaho.gov
Dean Mortimer (Republican) - Idaho Falls, dmortimer@senate.idaho.gov
Bart Davis (Republican) - Idaho Falls, bmdavis@senate.idaho.gov
Brent Hill (Republican) - Rexburg, bhill@senate.idaho.gov
Jeff Siddoway (Republican) Terreton, jsiddoway@senate.idaho.gov

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Comments

x2468 -??? May 10, 2009 11:43 PM
why should the OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE fund pay for the ROADS??? If the government wants to raise taxes to fix the roads, but the constituents say no, then don't fix the roads. that's the constituents fault, they get what they asked for. and hopefully they'll realize it when the roads fall apart. in the meantime don't take it from another, completely unrelated area.

basco -Idaho OHV gas tax funds taken away May 10, 2009 05:45 AM
Unfortunately, Mr.Foster doesn't tell the whole story. The Idaho legislature has been in session for an extended period because they couldn't decide on funding for roads. The governor wanted a gas tax increase but the legislature said their constituents said no. They wrangled back and forth for weeks until they came up with a compromise. Taking away OHV funds is part of the compromise. There are many other programs that got cut. Considering 2/3 of the population of the Boise vallley own some form of OHV or street motorcycle, I find it ironic the off road community would complain about losing funding when they wouldn't support a gas tax hike that everyone, motorcycle or cager, would have to pay. Be careful what you ask for. Now part of the burden of fixing Idaho's roads will fall on the OHV's instead of everyone paying their fair share with a gas tax.