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Stories Posted on October 24, 2007
Public meeting to focus on city hall ballot measure
Category: City Government · State: California · Source: Daily Pilot
A public forum tonight will lay the first bricks for what could be a heated community debate over a February ballot measure that would require Newport Beach’s city hall to be built next to the city’s central library.
Cigarette maker adds $304,000 to tax fight
Category: Taxes · State: Oregon · Source: The Oregonian
Reynolds American, the makers of Camel cigarettes, has contributed another $304,000 to the record-setting campaign against Measure 50, which would raise Oregon's cigarette tax by 85 cents a pack.
Sabatino sues Modesto over voter education
Category: Election Reform · State: California · Source: The Modesto Bee
Former Modesto Mayor Carmen Sabatino on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming a voter education program describing a November ballot measure was a ploy to undercut a campaign for district elections.
Constitutional conundrums
Category: Taxes · State: Oregon · Source: Oregon Daily Emerald
If passed, Measure 50 would be the nation's first tobacco tax included in a state constitution