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that he is a car dealer and that would be a conflict of interest.
“I also told Jim Gilmore. I said, ‘Jim, the candidate that makes this part of their platform is going to win the election.’ “
Two weeks after Colgan’s prediction came true, however, the 71-year-old senator is not buying into Gilmore’s belief that the natural growth in state revenues can replace the local tax. He is continuing to push his earlier proposal for an extra penny and a half on the sales tax, plus a 2-percent jump in the automobile titling tax.
Combined, the two sources of revenue would provide the $1.2 billion to almost immediately replace the car tax, he said.
Other Democrats don’t give Colgan’s proposal any more chance of success now than they did 10 months ago.
A proposal of more interest to them is for the state to pick
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