If gas isn’t already expensive enough in Washington, prices could soon be going even higher. In Olympia, the House is mulling over a proposal that would increase Washington’s gas tax by six to nine cents per gallon by this summer after it passed in the Senate March 31.
Drivers are already frustrated.
“I think they need to find another way to get that money. Because between our traffic and then more gas money, I think it’s ridiculous,” driver Nathan Cooper said. “Punishing us because we can afford the vehicle and afford the gas, so what’s another six cents, in their eyes, but you add that up and it just gets higher and higher and then we can’t afford it anymore,” Cooper said…