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L.A. County Targets Satellites in Out-of-This-World Tax Plan NANCY VOGEL TIMES STAFF WRITER July 10 2001 SACRAMENTO -- Los Angeles County officials, realizing that there is no tax collector in outer space, hope to fill the void. Reaching 22,300 miles above the equator, boldly going where no tax collector has gone before, Los Angeles County Assessor Rick Auerbach is angling to impose property taxes on several satellites. Though never done before in California, the move is legal, say state and county tax attorneys. That's because, they say, nobody else is taxing the satellites and they are valuable property owned by ...

Pentagon Study May Bring Big Shake-Up By Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, February 9, 2001 ; Page A01 The Bush administration has asked one of the Pentagon's most unconventional thinkers to conduct a far-reaching review of the U.S. military, in the clearest indication yet that senior officials intend to shake up the nation's armed forces and the weapons they use. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has tapped Andrew W. Marshall, head of the Pentagon's internal think tank, and has asked him to report back his preliminary recommendations by the end of next week, sources said. Although he ...

Hugh Hewitt, a conservative radio commentator based here in Los Angeles, has formed the Committee to Confirm John Ashcroft. The intent of this committee is inform and educate people about the best selection for Attorney General in 100 years. If you are tired of all the liberal slander and innuendo and want to help out in this confirmation fight, please send checks (no cash) to The Committee to Confirm John Ashcroft P.O. Box 19398 Irvine, CA For more information on Hugh Hewitt, please go to http://www.hughhewitt.com/ More info will appear there when the Webmistress gets back and does her HTML ...