A gas tax break would have been nice as Californians hit the road over the July 4 weekend. Instead, they were smacked with a tax increase.
That's the sort of thing we've learned to expect from one-party rule and a liberal state government in Sacramento. There's just no bipartisan give-and-take.
If Republicans had any clout in the state Capitol, there probably would have been a negotiated tax deal that lowered gas prices at the pump.
