Melissa Boyd

I personally believe we should tax luxuries and behaviors we want to
discourage, and offer tax breaks to encourage behavior that benefits our
society.

Those of us with thousand-dollar bikes can afford to pay a "luxury" tax for
the privelage of riding. However, I really believe we are in the
minority. Most bikes are owned by kids, students who ride them to school,
responsible adults who are saving gas or exercising for their health, and
low-income people who can't afford cars. A tax of this sort is going to hurt
the people who need help the most.

Please take this opportunity to write to your state legislators, and let
them know how you feel about it. Talking to each other at OBRA is
interesting, but not terribly productive.

Here is a link to find the email addresses of your Oregon legislators:
http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/
Here's a list of all the Oregon
representatives
:
http://www.leg.state.or.us/servlet/XSLT?URL=members.xml&xslURL=members.xsl&member-type=representative

- Melissa