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Stories Posted on November 5, 2007
Votes light so far on weighty issues
Category: Property Rights · State: Oregon · Source: Statesman Journal
Measures 49 and 50 put weighty issues on Tuesday's statewide ballot -- issues that long have aroused residents' passions.
Portable tax relief might carry costly legal baggage
Category: Taxes · State: Florida · Source: Palm Beach Post
To sweeten the property tax relief measure on the Jan. 29 ballot, legislators have embraced a concept known as portability, allowing residents to take their capped tax savings with them when they move. It could be the measure's undoing.
Mass transit plan makes waves in Seattle ecotopia
Category: Transportation · State: Washington · Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Whether you're talking about its lush, rain-drenched lawns or its pro-earth policies, Seattle ranks among the greenest of American cities. But to experience the beauty of the Emerald City, a gas-guzzling, air-polluting car is pretty much the only way to see it.