- Business owners demand answers into tribal use of gas tax funds. Watch the latest KOMO 4 problem solvers story here. Watch the actual hour long hearing before the court here........ The Washington state Supreme Court has agreed to a direct review of AUTO v- Gregoire contesting the secretive deals that are sending hundreds of millions of our state's motor fuel taxes to tribal service station operators. The prestigious Washington Policy Center has released an in-depth study of the impacts of Governor Gregoire's tribal fuel tax compacts showing the secretive deals are not only unfair to small businesses competing with the tribes, but WA motorists have lost nearly $100 million dollars in fuel taxes given the tribes. See KOMO's broadcast on the study by clicking here or on the media page. To view the study by the Policy center, click here ....
