A recent poll conducted by Victory Enterprises, a firm out of Davenport showed that 77% of Iowans were against raising the gas tax. State Representative Clel Baudler is for raising the gas tax, and says he would be hard to convince otherwise, “Show me a different way to keep our infrastructure strong. If they can do that, and it’s constitutionally protected, so the money designated for roads and bridges doesn’t get scarfed up by other state agencies with “wants”, then I’ll listen to them”.
Baudler lists improving Iowa’s roads and bridges as one of his highest priorities, and believes raising the gas tax is the best way to fund those projects.