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CA: Hospital ballot drive loses key group (Phone Tax)
Sacramento Bee ^
| April 8, 2004
| Lisa Rapaport
Posted on 04/08/2004 11:03:01 PM PDT by calcowgirl
Edited on 04/12/2004 6:08:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The trade group for California hospitals withdrew its support Wednesday for a proposed ballot measure that would tax phone bills to fund emergency room services, leading some proponents to question its chances on the November ballot.
Jan Emerson, spokeswoman for California Healthcare Association, said the group pulled its support for the initiative because recent internal polling found voters "would not support anything on the ballot that they perceived to be a tax."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: phonetax
...voters "would not support anything on the ballot that they perceived to be a tax." You betcha!
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04/08/2004 11:05:00 PM PDT
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(If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
To: DoughtyOne
fyi
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04/08/2004 11:27:43 PM PDT
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NormsRevenge
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To: calcowgirl
Seems liberals are finally discovering that Calfornians are no longer taking it when it comes to taxes (well, outside the Bay Area at least. Here, San Francisco could probably raise any tax they deem fit. Even if all the tax payers left San Francisco [which, could very well happen. Hmmmm.).
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04/09/2004 12:59:38 AM PDT
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Simmy2.5
(Kerry. When you need to ketchup...)
To: calcowgirl
...voters "would not support anything on the ballot that they perceived to be a tax."You betcha!
Come on, don't be so cheap. We need Free! health care for all. ;^)
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