I intend to vote “no” on the proposal to add an additional 1-cent sales tax to give the Department of Transportation (75 percent) and local governments (25 percent) more money to spend. My reasons are threefold: • This is not the time to raise taxes on anyone. A sales tax hits the people who can least afford it the hardest. • The DOT is a board made up of political appointees who do not answer to the citizens.