"So what you had was a shrinking or stabilized general property tax fund and increasing burdens.
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A referendum approved last year said general property taxes won't be used to subsidize a new ballpark.
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"So what you had was a shrinking or stabilized general property tax fund . . . and increasing burdens,"
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ARET's program also included support for sweeping rate reductions in the general property tax and retrenchment in local governmental spending.
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Before the Great Depression, nearly all California governmental functions were funded " only " through a general property tax on both real and personal property.
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Fred Parolla, the county comptroller, blames the mess in part on County Executive Thomas Gulotta, who " didn't raise the general property tax for eight of 10 years,"
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"Mr . Gulotta . . . to his credit, didn't raise the general property tax for eight of nine years, " says County Comptroller Fred Parolla, also a Republican.
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Under medieval conditions, the collection of a general property tax presented serious difficulties in that, unsurprisingly, each local and borough authority tried to keep assessments as low as possible.
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Arguing that the general property tax was unfair as the sole source of state revenue, Dern secured the adoption of a state income tax and a corporate franchise tax against strong opposition.
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"Mr . Gulotta . . . didn't raise the general property tax for eight of 10 years, " said Fred Parolla, the county comptroller and a frequent critic of fellow Republican County Executive Thomas Gulotta.
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