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Brown makes pitch to business leaders for tax hikes
San Jose Mercury News
By Steven Harmon Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his proposed tax initiative during his appearance at the 87th Annual Sacramento Host Breakfast in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Brown wants voters to approve temporary increases in the state ...

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Taking slice out of labor key to Gov. Jerry Brown's tax campaign
San Jose Mercury News
By Steven Harmon SACRAMENTO -- Demanding a 5 percent pay cut is a curious way to reward some of your strongest political allies. But taking a slice from the hide of labor has become a key component to Gov. Jerry Brown's strategy of getting voters to ...

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Los Angeles Times
California's budget deficit has ballooned to $16 billion, Gov. Jerry Brown says
San Jose Mercury News
By Steven Harmon Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his tax-hike initiative before submitting the petitions for the initiative to the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 10, 2012. Brown's initiative is one of two tax hike ...
Gov. Jerry Brown Says Voters Face "Day of Reckoning" to Avoid Budget PainLoanSafe
Calif. Gov. Brown's Revised Budget Includes Substantial Medi-Cal CutsKaiser Health News

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Gov. Jerry Brown removes controversial doctor fighting tobacco tax
San Jose Mercury News
By Steven Harmon Bay Area News Group SACRAMENTO -- Dr. La Donna Porter, the controversial doctor who starred in a tobacco-industry-backed ad opposing a June ballot measure that would boost cigarette taxes, has been removed from a state medical panel.

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ABC News
Brown, in 'management mode,' chides those who oppose tax hikes on wealthy
San Jose Mercury News
By Steven Harmon SACRAMENTO -- A day after releasing a revised budget that relies heavily on revenues from his not-yet-passed tax initiative, Gov. Jerry Brown chided those who oppose boosting taxes on the wealthy. The governor said he was in ...
Brown, in "management mode," chides those who oppose tax hikes on wealthyOakland Tribune

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The Bay Citizen
Big Tobacco leads spending race for June 5 election
San Jose Mercury News
By Steven Harmon and Josh Richman Staff writers SACRAMENTO -- Tobacco companies have led the way in spending for the June 5 election, using their deep pockets to fund a campaign to kill a proposed new tobacco tax. Bankrolled largely by Philip Morris ...
Support for new California tobacco tax dropsAlameda Times-Star

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Ford City approves prefab roof for tank
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Council members Bish, Paul Harmon, Gene Banks and Lou Vergari voted yes. Councilman Jerry Miklos cast the no vote. "There was not enough comparative analysis done to make the best decision tonight in the interest of the taxpayers," said Miklos.

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