"Members of Stockton's official family have returned from the 50th annual convention of the California League of Cities in Long Beach. … Reports of the meetings have disclosed the extent to which California cities are exploring new sources of income. Perhaps it was only a matter of emphasis, but there seemed comparatively little application to the problem which is salient to the taxpayer – reduction of the cost of government."
— Stockton Record editorial, reported in The Tax Digest of October 1948
Cal-Taxletter August 29, 2008
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