The Sun Journal editorial board seems to agree with me on the cynicism of the excise tax referendum campaign.

This referendum attacks an unpopular, regressive levy, but is obscured with a coat of greenwash. Coined as "More Green Now," it tries to give tax policy a social and environmental edge, by extolling the bill's incentives for saving money and buying hybrid cars.

If the idea were that good, it wouldn't need an ill-fitting green suit. The referendum is a nuclear option for dealing with the evergreen criticisms about the excise tax, which shouldn't make its primary color so much green, as Atomic Warning Sign Yellow.