A recent mailer from State Sen. Rodric Bray is centered around a three-question, multiple-choice constituent survey.

The first question asks what Indiana should do about the increasing amount of electric car owners, with each answer choice representing either an increase in a current tax or the establishment of a brand-new tax (not to mention the privacy rights-squashing tracking elements of those plans, but that is another topic).

The third question asks what constituents believe should be his main concern. One choice, lo and behold, is “cutting taxes.”

How much more contradictory can one public servant be?

Personally, I’m not “charged up” for electric vehicles, but a (allegedly) fiscally conservative, Constitutional rights-supporting lawmaker wanting to track down citizens to extort more money from them — simply because they prefer a vehicle with an alternative fuel source — is the pinnacle of hypocrisy.

After all, having the fourth-highest gas taxes in the country — totaling around 72 cents per gallon, including federal — is apparently not enough.

It is so bad that Democrats wanted to temporarily suspend the state’s portion in 2022, and Republicans said no.

Indiana — and Morgan County, in particular — should prefer new alternative candidates at as many levels of state government as possible.

Blessings and best regards,

~ By Eric Allen | Letter to the Editor | Published December 14, 2023 in The Morgan County Correspondent