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San Francisco Shops Threaten Tax Boycott If City Doesn’t Address Crime
The Daily Caller ^ | August 25, 2022 | Brianna Lyman

Posted on 08/27/2022 12:12:01 PM PDT by Twotone

A group of San Francisco shops in the Castro District are threatening to boycott the city’s alleged inability to address the spike in crime by refusing to pay their taxes, according to reports.

The Castro Merchants Association sent a letter to San Francisco city officials warning that, should the city fail to address the increase in burglaries, vandalism, homeless encampments in front of shops and residences, and individuals with mental illnesses, then they won’t pay taxes, KTVU reported.

Co-president of the Castro Merchants Association and owner of Flore Dispensary and Cafe Flore, Terrance Alan, said several shops have been vandalized while homeless individuals have made it difficult for local businesses to run properly, according to the report.

“Every day we wake up and have to help people on the street. We have to clean up feces on the street. We have to clear our people from doorways, so we can open our businesses. It’s not fair,” Alan said. (RELATED: ‘Another Day In San Francisco’: Video Shows Chillest Smash-And-Grab Ever)

A team of San Francisco Public Works crews is in Castro for a regularly scheduled “deep cleaning”. It comes as members of the Castro Merchants Association calls on the city to do more about the unhoused and people experiencing mental health crisis. pic.twitter.com/sbLJYlgxh7

— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) August 25, 2022

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: anarchotyranny; california; castrodistrict; crime; defundthepolice; democratparty; dystopia; gavinnewsom; protest; sanfrancisco; sanfranswishco; taxes; terrancealan
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1 posted on 08/27/2022 12:12:01 PM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

The JBTs will only need to make examples of a few of them and the rest will get in line.


2 posted on 08/27/2022 12:13:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Twotone

I wont take them seriously until they start voting Republican.


3 posted on 08/27/2022 12:14:41 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Twotone

The individuals in charge in San Franfreako like having the underclass waltz right in to stores and take whatever they want.

They believe in “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need” thing. To them it means if you work legally any lazy slob can take whatever he wants from you.”


4 posted on 08/27/2022 12:15:57 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Damn it! We need Trump! America First! Bring America back! We're being governed by fascists.)
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To: Twotone

This is what they vote for.

If they haven’t figured that out yet, I really can’t muster up any sympathy for them.


5 posted on 08/27/2022 12:16:33 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: Twotone
Any Republican in the state legislature could draft a bill that provides a credit against sales tax and state income tax for amounts spent by a business to provide services that the state is supposed to but is not, such as cleaning up after homeless street poopers.

The bill might not get approved or signed into low, but the noise level would be tremendous. Especially just before elections. How much does it cost to wipe people poop off your shoes?

6 posted on 08/27/2022 12:17:04 PM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: Twotone

London Breed be sayin, we take yo land crackuh

She was raised on welfare in public housing. Calling her a San Francisco “resident” is a joke. More like a kept pet. But one that bites you until you feed it.


7 posted on 08/27/2022 12:19:03 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: Twotone

Who did you vote for and support?


8 posted on 08/27/2022 12:19:25 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: Twotone

The Castro District is the infamous gay district. It is the most tolerant district in the city. How intolerant of them to not want smelly, dangerous, drug-addict bums in their midst.

This is what “tolerance” always gets you. You tolerate a little thing, then some more little things, then a lot of little things, then some medium size things and pretty soon you have to tolerate everything under the sun. There’s literally no end to what you have to tolerate. That’s why every big Dem city is now a third-world sh!thole, all in a couple generations.


9 posted on 08/27/2022 12:21:11 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you”)
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To: Allegra

Although the Dems have rigged the system with ranked voting now. Almost impossible for a Republican to win, if any bother to run. But surely there’s a sane Democrat somewhere who’s willing to stand up for the taxpayer. Sorry...dreaming.


10 posted on 08/27/2022 12:24:27 PM PDT by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
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To: Twotone

I’d support a property tax boycott in Austin Texas.


11 posted on 08/27/2022 12:35:48 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis )
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To: Twotone

https://www.castromerchants.com/

San Francisco’s Famous Castro District - a neighborhood of freedom, acceptance, creativity and diversity.


12 posted on 08/27/2022 12:44:02 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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They need patience. It takes time to hire social workers


13 posted on 08/27/2022 12:53:09 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: Twotone

Classic case of “Feeding the alligators, hoping they eat you last” -Donald Rumsfeld.


14 posted on 08/27/2022 12:59:21 PM PDT by blackdog (Cooler King Joe, killing a winning nation every day. )
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To: Twotone

Note to a shop owners. If they cared about you they would have already enforced the law. The only law they will enforce is the one that says you owe taxes.


15 posted on 08/27/2022 1:11:59 PM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Twotone
Castro District


16 posted on 08/27/2022 1:16:26 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: BenLurkin
The intersection of 18th and Castro streets, long considered the heart of the San Francisco LGBT community Cultural District


17 posted on 08/27/2022 1:19:09 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: Twotone

keep voting dem


18 posted on 08/27/2022 1:20:44 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: Twotone

if people do it

its ok

except voting republican


19 posted on 08/27/2022 1:26:17 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: Twotone; All

The very best truncheon I ever saw is a hickory shovel handle with the bottom 1/3 cut off.

Light and easy to handle.

Long lasting pain.

20 years of utility, certain.


20 posted on 08/27/2022 1:26:26 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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