To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Friday, March 29, 2024

Observercast

Prop 13: Message For Another Time

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BY FROMA HARROP If the national tax revolt has bookends, the first bracket was placed 35 years ago this month. That’s when California voters passed Proposition 13, a law curbing tax increases. Of course, taxes have been a subject of complaint in this land for centuries. But the complaints were of a different nature. It […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.
Mark Krawczyk
Mark Krawczyk
March 9, 2023
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Brette Pruitt
Brette Pruitt
September 5, 2022
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