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Re: Possible August Special Election for Flood Bonds
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It is ridiculous to incur the cost of a special election in August for this bond measure, which hasn’t even been finalized in terms of dollars. Just have it in November with the mid-term elections: we’re just adding one item to the ballot.
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It seems that government thinks taxpayers are made of money. (Ha!)
Wolf, they don’t want any large turnout that a general election will cause. Modern democracy is all about money.