Article: GILMORE: CAR TAX CUT TO COST ALMOST DOUBLE - $493 MILLION.(FRONT)

Article: Car Tax Drives Va. Debate; Budget Negotiators Focus ...
The Washington Post;  April 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the bills, it could cost close to $1.7 billion ... secret that getting the car tax behind us has been ... tax. Get rid of the car tax cut, they say now ... this was going to cost $650 million ... he would finish the car tax cut by the end of ...

Article: Car-tax foes vow reversal next year; Dismiss rating ...
The Washington Times;  May 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... elected in 1997 on a pledge to end the car tax. "None of the three bond rating ... me when we were instituting the car-tax cut." Mr. Gilmore initially said the full phaseout of the car tax would cost the state about $660 million ...

Article: FIXING CAR-TAX MESS WON'T BE ...
The Virginian Pilot;  November 24, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... centerpiece is a proposal that the the car tax be truly eliminated. That's a terrific ... plan to have the state pay localities' car tax, so Virginians won't have to, doesn ... huge annual state budget item, titled car tax. If nothing changes, the state might ...

Article: Car tax cap plan shows fissures; Lawmakers ...
The Washington Times;  May 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... month voted to cap the state's popular car-tax phaseout are now flip-flopping on the ... million a year - for revenue lost under the car-tax cut. As a result, Virginia vehicle owners are likely to pay higher car-tax bills beginning in 2006. Publicly, several ...

Article: LAWMAKERS SEE NO RELIEF IN CAR-TAX DEBATE LOBBYING ...
The Virginian Pilot;  January 27, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... believe that some lawmakers want to scrap car-tax relief this year so there will be enough ... state programs to salvage his signature car-tax relief program, as his critics - both ... election - could determine the fate of the car-tax debate. ``I think there are Republicans ...

Article: Full repeal of car tax a popular position.(A)
The Washington Times;  July 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Democrats who have pushed to keep the car-tax phase-out on track at the last General ... Warner, to support elimination of the car tax. "I think Mark Warner should promise a complete elimination of the car tax," said Delegate Brian J. Moran ...

Article: GILMORE'S 7 WHOPPERS ON CAR TAX LEAVE STATE IN A ...
The Virginian Pilot;  March 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Gilmore's critics say that the biggest car tax whopper he told while running for governor ... plan, when fully implemented, would cost the state a mere $620 million a year ... however, was not Gilmore's only car tax whopper. I've counted seven. This ...