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ANTI-TAX PROGRESSIVES: THE NEXT EAST BAY THING?

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By Donny Alexander
06/29/2019 03:58 PM GMT-0700
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James Anthony of Oakland Citizens for Equity and Prosperity may have the definitive take on California bud taxes, Oakland taxes in particular.

“They insist on boiling the frog backwards,” Anthony said. “Their fucking idea of how to boil a frog is to get the water boiling, fling that poor little bastard in there, and tell him that it’s OK because you’ll turn the heat down in a couple of years.”

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