Article: Gas-tax argument fuels Udall-Schaffer fireworks.(News)

Byline: Lynn Bartels, Rocky Mountain News

The two leading Senate candidates continued their did- not, did-so fight over gasoline taxes during a debate Friday before north metro business and government leaders.

Republican Bob Schaffer said Democrat Mark Udall wants to increase the gas tax by 50 cents a gallon - which Udall said wasn't true.

Udall countered that only one candidate in the race has actually voted to increase gas taxes and that is Schaffer.

The debate before the Metro North Chamber of Commerce featured the usual topics - energy, the war, transportation.

But a post-debate interview afterward provided fireworks for the two campaigns. Schaffer, a ...

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