SALT LAKE CITY -
A little early for Halloween, but a gathering of people at Utah's Capitol Building, donning Sarah Palin masks, want Governor Gary Herbert to increase tax on oil and gas exports before education and healthcare budgets are cut. The "Flock of Palins" as the group is called, gathered outside the Governor's office to challenge the governor to increase the severance tax, a tax that is imposed on natural resources such as coal, oil and gas that is taken out of the state. In 2007, then Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, signed a bill to allow a severance tax increase of 25 percent on shipped oil.
In Utah it is only five percent, while there is no tax on coal shipped to other states.
The gathering was represented by several community groups such as the Anti-Hunger Action Committee and the Coalition of Religious Communities.
The Governor's spokesperson said they will listen, but their goal is no tax increase.
"If they want to make a meeting, set a meeting up with the Governor, come armed with a proposal, he will listen to it with respect -- he'll do his research," said the Governor's spokesperson, Angie Welling.
FOX 13's Max Roth reports.
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In Utah it is only five percent, while there is no tax on coal shipped to other states.
The gathering was represented by several community groups such as the Anti-Hunger Action Committee and the Coalition of Religious Communities.
The Governor's spokesperson said they will listen, but their goal is no tax increase.
"If they want to make a meeting, set a meeting up with the Governor, come armed with a proposal, he will listen to it with respect -- he'll do his research," said the Governor's spokesperson, Angie Welling.
FOX 13's Max Roth reports.
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