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Article: Martinez residents to vote on $50 annual school parcel tax
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- July 16, 2008
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MARTINEZ -- After a heated debate, a divided Martinez Unified
School District board on Monday approved placing a $50 parcel tax on
the November ballot.
John Fuller cast the lone no vote, but Kathi McLaughlin made it
clear she was unhappy the board decided to go with a flat per parcel
tax rather than a rate based on the square footage of the parcel.
"It's not something I think is an equitable tax in a town like
ours where you have parcels that go from 1,700 square feet to 7,000
square feet," she said.
Fuller downplayed the district's financial woes and said he was
concerned that no one from the community had volunteered to run the
parcel tax campaign.
"It was hastily put together and I ...