What Are Gas Tax Promoters Hiding? Another week has passed in the Iowa Legislature and Iowans have yet to see the much-anticipated 10-cents motor fuel tax increase bill. Caffeinated ThoughtsFebruary 10, 20152 minute read
77% of Iowans Oppose Increasing Gas Tax An Iowans for Tax Relief poll found that more than three quarters of Iowans oppose a proposal to increase the gas tax ten cents a gallon. Caffeinated ThoughtsJanuary 14, 20152 minute read
Three Things Iowa Can Do Instead of Increasing Gas Tax Iowans for Tax Relief gives three pro-taxpayer tasks that Governor Terry Branstad and the Iowa Legislatures should do instead of raising the gas tax. Caffeinated ThoughtsDecember 4, 20142 minute read
Iowans for Tax Relief: Four Pro-Taxpayer Priorities for Iowa Legislature The new year has been rung in and a new Legislative session… Caffeinated ThoughtsJanuary 10, 20143 minute read
Gas Tax Increase? Nooooo!!!! Solutions…ummm…. Well, it appears that GOP Chairman A.J. Spiker is now carrying the… Scott BaileyFebruary 28, 20135 minute read
Iowans for Tax Relief’s Solution to the Road and Bridge Funding Problem? Not So Much Iowans for Tax Relief provided their supporters with a rebutal to raising the gas tax, but provide no solutions to address the funding issue. Scott BaileyFebruary 21, 20138 minute read
Gas Tax: There Are Solutions, and Then There are SOLUTIONS Opponents of raising the gas tax have failed to provide any solutions for how Iowa should maintain its roads and bridges with a projected shortfall. Scott BaileyFebruary 15, 20135 minute read
Shane’s Caffeinated Contemplation: Grokked in New Hampshire, Vilsack Fantasy Land and BVP in DC I hope you enjoy the experiment… random items thrown into one post.… Shane Vander HartMay 7, 20112 minute read
What’s Going on with Iowans for Tax Relief? (Update: A Fourth Resignation) Monday when the news broke that the President of Iowans for Tax… Shane Vander HartApril 27, 20112 minute read
Is the Iowa GOP Establishment in Kim Pearson and Dave Funk’s Corner? I think it’s a fair question to ask, and not just Kim… Shane Vander HartAugust 31, 20104 minute read
Iowans for Tax Relief PAC Endorses Terry Branstad? Color me confused. Iowans for Tax Relief has never endorsed in a… Shane Vander HartMay 19, 20101 minute read
The Final Word on the Palin in Des Moines “Controversy” She’s not coming, but would like to in the future. She’d also… Shane Vander HartOctober 30, 20092 minute read
Blogging on Tires at the Des Moines Register Ok, not just tires. I was asked by The Des Moines Register… Shane Vander HartSeptember 25, 20091 minute read