Quick hits
by Tracy Press
Dec 20, 2007 | 174 views | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend | print



• Not an equal split: Of every dollar in property tax collected in San

Joaquin County, 18 cents go to county government, 57 cents go to

schools and 25 percent goes to cities, redevelopment agencies and

special districts.

• Playoffs

possible: California Interscholastic Federation’s Sac-Joaquin Section

has lifted a playoff ban against Franklin High School’s winter and

spring sports programs.It came a day after the president of the

Stockton Unified School District board said he wanted the suspended

district athletic director fired.



Profiles in courage: 64 Blue Dog Democrats in the House refused a $50

billion “patch” to the alternative minimum tax and stuck to their

pledge not to support any tax cut or mandatory spending increase that

would expand the national debt.



 

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