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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (137801)	5/9/2010 3:04:51 PM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 542967

It's unfortunate that American conservatives have no credible record of curbing spending when in power in the modern era, if ever. Their rhetoric exists only in the rhetorical realm. So easy to preach virtue and restraint when one doesn't actually have to do it.

To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (137801)	5/10/2010 2:25:10 AM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 542967

>>In a March interview with National Public Radio, Villaraigosa lamented that “California cities are constrained by various propositions which limit your ability to raise revenues” (though he managed to raise the city’s sales tax from 8.25 percent to 9.75 percent)<< One point of correction here. I live in Los Angeles, so I know something about this. In California, there is a state sales tax of 8.25%. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission adds 1%, and the Los Angeles County Metro Transportation Authority adds 0.5% to get us to the total rate of 9.75%. Villaraigosa doesn't have anything to do with any of that, as it happens.