Radio ads hope to stall gas tax talk
NASHVILLE – A conservative group hopes to siphon off support for a gas tax increase in Tennessee’s Legislature this year with a 60-second radio spot targeting comments by Gov. Bill Haslam that he may still pursue a boost this session.
Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee’s ad calls any tax increase “illogical.”
“We will fight a gas tax increase in Tennessee for as long as necessary,” AFP-Tennessee director Andrew Ogles said in a statement. “This ad is intended to inform taxpayers in our state about why a gas tax hike costly and unnecessary.”
The group isn’t saying how much it’s spending to air the spot. It criticizes any fuel-tax increase and seeks to tie discussions to Tennessee’s $1 billion budget surplus.