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i.A ~ Il PRESS CONFERENCES from page 7 - . . .. TEA-21 from page 1- . . . . - . . - . . . . . - . League Board Member Audra Gibson, Mayor of The Administration is pressing for a $256 Mt. Shasta City, found an immediate, practical way billion 6-year bill and has targeted the Senate- to lend support for the League initiative by signing passed $318 billion measure.as an example of over her vehicle license fee refund check to the what it con;;iders government overspending. On campaign committee which is raising funds to help February 11, the Administration warned that it will pass the initiative. veto the legislation and that it opposes efforts to pay for the Senate bill by raising the gas tax, pushing bonding initiatives, or shifting money from the Treasury's general fund rather than from the Highway Trust Fund. Still another potential compli- cation is an effort to attach a pared-down version of last session's failed omnibus energy bill to the reauthorization bill. Many believe such an effort will minimize its chance for passage. The House has yet to move its $315 billion version of the legislation. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Don Young (R-AK) has signaled that he is willing to Mt. Shasta City Mayor Audra Gibson endorses her scale back his $315 billion six-year reauthorization VLF refund check in the amount of $264.45 payable bill after strong opposition from the Administration to the campaign to support the Local Taxpayers and for his proposal to increase the federal gasoline Public Safety Act. tax to finance the reauthorization measure. The "I would like to invite others to contribute their Chairman has not yet indicated what funding level he is willing to support, and no markups of a long- Vehicle License Fee refund check to the campaign term transportation funding bill are scheduled. to support the Local Taxpayers and Public Safety Act initiative," said Gibson, "What a great message In the interim, the House voted 421-0 on to send the state's own check as a contribution n. Thursday for a four-month extension of the it's perfect irony.... " current surface transportation law, which was To find out more about how you can help, extended once last fall and is set to expire on contact your League Regional Representative or February 29. The newly House-passed measure visit the campaign website at will expire on June 30. The bill may receive www.protectiocalservices.com. To make an online opposition in the Senate, where legislators would contribution, please visit www.citipac.org. prefer a shorter extension to keep up the pressure to act on the six-year authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LET THE LEAGUE'S CALENDAR RESOURCE HELP YOU PLAN YOUR BUDGET FOR MEETINGS: . . . . AND TRAINING IN 2004 . . . . . . Visit the League's website www.cacities.org/ed for a complete schedule of upcoming meetings, . . . . View dates, locations and pricing information up to a year in advance. Not only can you register . . . . online or view the current program or outline for these meetings, you can use this information to . . . . help plan your meeting schedule and budget expenses for the upcoming year. New 2004 meeting . . . . information is currently available and continuously updated. . . . . . ' . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . PAGE a/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the league's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org