How do you feel about an additional gas tax to help pay for a new State Route 520 bridge and a new Alaskan Way Viaduct in downtown Seattle?


November 24, 2008 · Updated 7:21 PM 

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``It's a no-brainer. The people who drive cars should support the infrastructure.''

Debbie Esposito

Mercer Island

Dance instructor

``Gas prices are already high. They can tax in other ways to pay for it.''

Kim Kennedy

Tukwila

Farmers' insurance

``I guess that it is all right. It would be a usury tax.''

Tim Rausch

Bellevue

Sales

``I personally think it is necessary.''

Teresa Betts

Edmonds

Nanny

``I think that it is fine. The people who use it should pay for it.''

Rhe Jain

Mercer Island

Granny Nanny

``I don't think its a good idea cause I am poor.''

Jonathan Adams-Moore

Bellevue

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