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The Voluntary Gas Tax

By Martha Woodroof

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Harrisonburg, VA – Remember the children's story about the Little Red Hen who got so tired of waiting for her friends to help make bread that she went ahead and did it herself? Well, about six years ago similar feelings of frustration with America's gas guzzling tendencies galvanized a group of concerned Harrisonburg residents into voluntarily taxing their own gas consumption.

Marth Woodroof has retired from WMRA and is now spending her time as a full-time writer and published author.