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  • Infrastructure Tax Is Criticized - Press-Telegram

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    The Long Beach area Republican party opposes Mayor's ballot initiative to repair city's crumbling infrastructure. Members of the No on I campaign include the Long Beach taxpayers association. Councilwoman Bonnie lowenthal, who is facing Republican Gabriella Holt in a Nov. 4 Assembly race, was in the City Council budget meeting and could not be reached.

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    The Long Beach area Republican party opposes Mayor's ballot initiative to repair city's crumbling infrastructure. Members of the No on I campaign include the Long Beach taxpayers association. Councilwoman Bonnie lowenthal, who is facing Republican Gabriella Holt in a Nov. 4 Assembly race, was in the City Council budget meeting and could not be reached.

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    Infrastructure Tax Is Criticized - Press-Telegram

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    Randy Terrell
    The Long Beach area Republican party opposes Mayor's ballot initiative to repair city's crumbling infrastructure. Members of the No on I campaign include the Long Beach taxpayers association. Councilwoman Bonnie lowenthal, who is facing Republican Gabriella Holt in a Nov. 4 Assembly race, was in the City Council budget meeting and could not be reached.

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    Infrastructure tax is
    criticized Lowenthal, who is facing Republican
    Gabriella Holt in a Nov. 4 Assembly race,
    was in the City Council budget meeting
    By John Canalis, Staff Writer
    and could not be reached.
    Posted: 09/09/2008 10:02:58 PM PDT
    LONG BEACH - The Long Beach Area Stammerich called the city's leadership
    Republican Party on Tuesday opposed "seriously out-of-touch with the monetary
    Mayor Bob Foster's ballot initiative to struggles of working families in Long
    repair the city's crumbling infrastructure. Beach."
    Members issued a strongly worded Prominent Long Beach Republicans,
    statement saying Republicans would walk however, are not uniformly against the
    precincts and make phone calls urging parcel tax.
    voters to oppose the $571 million parcel
    tax to pay for streets, sidewalks, alleys Third District Councilman Gary DeLong
    and public buildings. and former Gov. George Deukmejian
    support Measure I.
    "With the burdens of both higher energy
    prices and the threat coming from our The Long Beach Democratic Club
    state Legislature to raise taxes for their "overwhelmingly" voted to endorse the
    pork-barrel projects, the citizens of Long measure on the Nov. 4 ballot, said the
    Beach do not deserve to be further club's president, James Johnson.
    burdened by the tax-and-spend
    Democrats of the city of Long Beach Democratic Club members plan to rally
    leadership, including Mayor Bob Foster in support of Measure I, as well as Barack
    and (Councilwoman) Bonnie Lowenthal," Obama and local candidates, at noon
    said John Stammerich, chairman of the Saturday at Recreation Park, Johnson
    54th Assembly District Republican said.
    Central Committee.
    Also in support are the Long Beach
    Foster's chief of staff declined to Convention and Visitors Bureau, the city's
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    police and firefighters associations and


    the California Business Roundtable.

    In addition to the Republicans, members


    of the No on I campaign include the Long
    Beach Taxpayers Association.

    The Republican group held six town-hall


    meetings in August to discuss Measure I.
    The meetings were hosted by Holt and
    City Prosecutor Tom Reeves.

    "The overwhelming sentiment was


    strongly against the parcel tax," said Vic
    Dennis, a Long Beach Area Republican
    Party board member. "We couldn't ignore
    it."

    The Long Beach GOP group plans to


    seek support Thursday from the Los
    Angeles County Republican Party.

    john.canalis@presstelegram.com , 562-
    499-1273

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