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Local Republican Party To Oppose Possible Sales Tax Increase

Local Republican Party To Oppose Possible Sales Tax Increase
The local Republican Party vowed today to mount an "unprecedented campaign'' in opposition to a possible November ballot measure that would ask San Diego voters to approve a half-cent sales tax increase.

The local Republican Party vowed today to mount an "unprecedented campaign'' in opposition to a possible November ballot measure that would ask San Diego voters to approve a half-cent sales tax increase.

"Should a sales tax increase proposal make its way onto the November ballot, we will mount a heretofore unprecedented campaign to defeat it -- and

succeed,'' said Tony Krvaric, chairman of the Republican Party of San Diego

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County.

So far, there has been no specific proposal to put a sales tax increase

on the November ballot.

However, several groups have come out against the idea since The San

Diego Union-Tribune reported that Mayor Jerry Sanders, a Republican, is

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considering asking voters to approve a half-cent sales tax hike as one of

several options being mulled to help close ongoing budget shortfalls and

restore municipal services.