Re: How Can I Avoid Jury Duty in Oakland?

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From: Larry Alpert
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 02:20

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"Michael Dix" <look@sig.please.because.this.is.invalid> wrote in
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> Larry Alpert wrote:
>
> > Well, that may be so, but I believe that many of us pay enough as
it
> > is. I've lived in a few states (NY, NJ, PA, FL, CO,CA) and I have
to
> > say the CA has some of the most unique ways of leveraging taxes on
> > people I have ever seen.
>
> California is The Land of the Fee. My "favorite" is the $1 a day to
> bring a dog into a state park.
>
> When we go camping we head north, and we don't stop till we get to
> Medford. (We do bring plenty of plastic bags to pick up after the
> dogs.)
>
> --
> mjdix@sonic.net

You won't find any disagreement on this end.  It seems every time you
turn around there is some new bond measure to tack on per parcel.  WTF
is that.  Is no one accountable for their budgets?
Is every locality going broke?  The tax coffers have to be stuffed
what with the volume and sales prices of housing in the area.
Seems as if there is always a hand in your pocket....

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