AEA Calls on Kentucky Voters to Reject Lunsford’s Gas Tax

“It is very nearly beyond belief that anyone today could be proud of making energy more expensive for working families.  But Bruce Lunsford is.  That should serve as a warning to Kentuckians.”

Washington, DC – The American Energy Alliance (AEA) continues its efforts to hold leaders accountable for the energy policies with a new radio spot, “Lunsford’s Tax.”   AEA’s new ad will run starting today in Kentucky.

AEA President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement:

“Bruce Lunsford’s record of being one of the creators of the gas tax in Kentucky recently came to our attention.  We expected that he would be embarrassed or regretful about his role in creating Kentucky’s gas tax. It is very nearly beyond belief that anyone today could be proud of making energy more expensive for working families.  But Bruce Lunsford is.  That should serve as a warning to Kentuckians.”

Script of the “Lunsford Tax” ad follows:

Nobody likes paying more at the pump – unless you’re Bruce Lunsford.  Lunsford proudly takes credit for passing a gas tax that is now 21 cents per gallon.  That’s right.  As a lobbyist and Frankfort politician, Bruce Lunsford fought to hike the gas tax.

Since 2004, the percentage based Lunsford gas tax has grown more than a penny a gallon each year.  For a wealthy lobbyist like Lunsford twenty-one cents a gallon more may not matter.

Read the fact sheet here.

But for hard working Kentucky families, the Lunsford gas tax means you’re paying hundreds of dollars more at the pump each year.  Money our families could use to deal with rising grocery bills and utility costs.

Call Bruce Lunsford at (502) 458-7500. And tell him we should say good-bye to the Lunsford gas tax – Kentucky families can’t afford it.

You can listen to this ad by clicking here:  Lunsford’s Tax.

The American Energy Alliance (AEA) is a recently formed not-for-profit 501(c)(4) organization that advocates for free-market energy and environmental policies.  It is affiliated with the Institute for Energy Research (IER), another not-for-profit – founded in 1989 – that conducts intensive research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets.  Both AEA and IER maintain that freely-functioning energy markets provide the most efficient and effective solutions to today’s global energy and environmental challenges and, as such, are critical to the well-being of individuals and society.