Politics at the pump: Democrats’ election-year plan to pause gas tax hike sparks backlash from station owners – Chicago Tribune/MSN

The fact that the law requires gas stations to pay for the signs or be fined and that the placards be in place when the hike would have taken effect on July 1, as the state budget year begins and just days after the June 28 primary, has emboldened critics to say the effort is little more than the latest example of old-school, gas-pump politics.
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Tom Paine's Ghost
4 years ago

Pritzker and the IL Democrats have created the perfect 4″ x 8″ target for placement of the Joe Biden “I did that!!” gas pump stickers. It is natural political advertising space to further sour voters on Democrats and their crackpot American hating legislation and policies.

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