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Not too late to start debate on the sales tax
Measure L: Developers Chasing Your Tax Dollars Again
By Bruce Frohman
Coming this fall to a ballot box in Stanislaus County is a rehash of two previously failed sales tax proposals. As in 2006 and 2008, the current proposal will increase the sales tax by a full half percent.
The proposal includes allocations for projects that will supposedly benefit everyone: road repairs, roads with increased capacity, and improved public transportation are promised.