Organizers behind a ballot measure aimed at repealing the state’s 2017 fuel tax increase will be holding a drawing at select California gas stations Monday, including one in Indio, giving motorists a chance to win a card for $50 of gasoline.
Between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., up to 1,000 drivers who pull into the Arco station at 42334 Jefferson St. can get a card for free gas during one of the Yes on Proposition 6 campaign’s final pre-Election Day promotions. Those “who pledge to support Prop 6” will be entered into a statewide drawing for a chance to score $50 gas cards. Winners will be notified Tuesday.
The measure would repeal 2017’s Road Repair and Accountability Act, which raised fuel taxes statewide to generate funding for road repairs, traffic safety and public transit.
Prop 6 proponents allege that the tax has unduly burdened middle and working-class families, while opponents say repealing the tax would eliminate funding for thousands of transportation projects and eliminate jobs connected with those projects.
Prop 6 organizer Carl DeMaio, a former San Diego councilman and radio show host, said: “The free gas we’re giving out (Monday) is the best kind of relief for struggling working families, but everyone can get relief by voting Yes on Prop 6 to repeal the unfair and costly gas and car tax hikes that are hurting California working families every day of the year.”
The Yes on 6 campaign conducted a similar event earlier this year at nearly a dozen Coachella Valley gas stations, which dropped their prices to $1.99 per gallon during the one-day promotion.