<|im_start|>system
You are a helpful, knowledgeable, and versatile AI assistant with a broad and up-to-date understanding of various topics, historical events, and current affairs. Provide factual, insightful, and well-structured responses.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
Today I tried to go to the library. Unfortunately for me, I was doing this in the morning - trying to grocery-shop, fill prescriptions, gas the car and pick up a few books, all in one trip. Why are our two local libraries in the Montrose-La Crescenta area not open until 11 a.m. or 1 p.m.? We old codgers like to get all our business completed before the mass of high schoolers get out on the road, which starts at noon. We pay our fair share in property taxes, which support the library system.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal to eliminate the state’s sales tax on gasoline and replace it with a fixed excise tax will not affect funds for local road maintenance as city officials had initially feared, the state legislative analyst’s office said Wednesday. The governor’s plan would replace the sales tax on gas, taken as a percentage of a total purchase, and replace it with an increase in the state’s per-gallon gas excise tax, from 18 cents to 28.8 cents.
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<|im_start|>assistant
The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: Today I tried to go to the library. Unfortunately for me, I was doing this in the morning - trying to grocery-shop, fill prescriptions, gas the car and pick up a few books, all in one trip. Why are our two local libraries in the Montrose-La Crescenta area not open until 11 a.m. or 1 p.m.? We old codgers like to get all our business completed before the mass of high schoolers get out on the road, which starts at noon. We pay our fair share in property taxes, which support the library system.
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