Lawsuit alleges state is trying to sabotage initiative to repeal gas tax increase in California

[TexasTowelie]

The state attorney general allegedly drafted a misleading title and summary for an initiative that would repeal increases to California’s gas tax, and the wording should be changed, according to a lawsuit filed Friday by supporters of the proposed ballot measure.

The lawsuit alleges the title and summary drafted by the office of Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra is "a nakedly partisan attempt to derail what Petitioner expects to be an initiative of considerable public interest."

Attorneys for Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) and other proponents of the initiative asked a Sacramento Superior Court judge to alter the title and summary so those asked to sign petitions can better understand that they are repealing the gas tax.

“This is an intentional misrepresentation of the initiative by Atty. Gen. Becerra with an agenda to deceive the voters of California,” Allen said. “Californians have a right to an honest description of the initiative, and we have filed a lawsuit today in Superior Court to make sure voters get the transparency they deserve.”

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-lawsuit-alleges-state-is-trying-to-1500076142-htmlstory.html

[wasupaloopa]

1. Talk about misleading people, at the Santa Maria fair yesterday the republican booth operators were

wanting people to sign petitions to repeal the gas tax. The petition was to reword the initiative.

To repubs "tax" is the most evil word in the English language.