Readers respond

The state should not eliminate the vehicle-registration fee, which

they previously cut from two-thirds to one third the original rate,

because it is a pass-through to our city.

It pays directly for expenses to run our city including repairing our

infrastructure. If the fees are retained, they should go into a separate

infrastructure fund to pay for road repairs in our city, something the

City Council could agree to.

Keep the current rate structure because those funds benefit us

directly here in our city. The most important thing we can do is contact

our state senator and representative for our area to support retention of

the vehicle tax fee, which the the state collects on our behalf, to

prevent reduction of this revenue source to our city where we live.

The other thing we should do is shop in our city whenever we can so

sales tax will also benefit us more directly.

Many other cuts of state funds differ in that the money goes to the

state, where it benefits all Californians, resulting in some counties and

cities actually paying more in to benefit less funded areas of the state.

Orange County is a donor in many instances. That California has taken

credit for saving the taxpayer money, when in fact that money was taken

from cities, which then had to cut their budgets, means the city will

have to find another way to pay its bills because we will continue to use

the roads and expect them to be maintained.

KAREN JACKLE

Huntington Beach

Yes, the state should repeal the vehicle licensing fee. There is no

reason for the fee. We pay taxes when we buy the vehicle and for the gas

we buy every year. There should be a registration fee that covers the

cost of registration with no further fees on automobiles.

MATTHEW LUXEMBERG

Huntington Beach