Romney better tread VERY lightly on gas prices....Back in 2003....

Dems Launch Campaign Highlighting Romney's Massachusetts Gas Tax Hike

By LAUREN FOX
March 5, 2012 RSS Feed Print

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney might want to tread lightly when it comes to criticizing President Barack Obama over skyrocketing gasoline prices.

In response to Romney supporter and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's attack on Obama's failure to keep gas prices low, the DNC launched a campaign calling attention to Romney's record as governor.[Read: GOP Gouges Obama on Gas Prices.]

In 2003, facing a $3 billion deficit, Romney increased his state's gasoline delivery fee from half a cent to two-and-a-half cents per gallon, raising about $60 million for the state in the process.

A Boston Globe article in 2007 called the price increase "clearly excessive," saying the tax was "implemented during the fiscal crisis without fanfare, even though it affects every motorist in the state." <snip>