Article: Tax repeal effort declared out of gas.(Government)(But a lobbyist disputes the number of valid signatures needed to qualify)

Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard

Eugene's city recorder on Thursday said an effort by gas station owners to repeal the city's latest gas tax has failed to qualify for the ballot.

But a lobbyist for the station owners disagrees, and says the matter may end up in court.

City Recorder Mary Feldman said that a check by the Lane County Elections office of referendum signatures gathered by Eugene gas stations showed that they did not collect enough valid signatures to put the matter before Eugene voters in November.

"It didn't qualify," she said.

A referendum organizer, Ron Tyree, said organizers will discuss what to do, ...

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