Conservative Mailer May be Misleading
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: August 31, 2012
A mailer produced by a conservative political hammer group slams two democratic state lawmakers over a proposed temporary sales tax.
The flyer that Americans for Prosperity is mailing out claims the measure would make diesel fuel in Arkansas the most expensive in the region, but a diesel fuel tax is not going before voters this November.
Instead, it's a half-cent tax hike proposal that goes to pay for building four-lane highways throughout the state.
And the two state lawmakers targeted by the mailer did not vote for a tax, but voted to put the matter on the ballot for voters to decide.
The flyer that Americans for Prosperity is mailing out claims the measure would make diesel fuel in Arkansas the most expensive in the region, but a diesel fuel tax is not going before voters this November.
Instead, it's a half-cent tax hike proposal that goes to pay for building four-lane highways throughout the state.
And the two state lawmakers targeted by the mailer did not vote for a tax, but voted to put the matter on the ballot for voters to decide.
