Cali tracks get free hand to tinker with takeout..

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by docicu3

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Now here's an idea.....handle is down so let's up takeout to offset the losses. The only people hurt are those damn gamblers.
The wrong measure at the wrong time with impact felt by the wrong people....their customers.

Welcome to California political logic.

We have our local BART train system. When ridership is down, the BART officials raise fees to offset the losses.

In fairness to California officials, voters normally seem to tax ourselves when given the chance. I can only think of one local measure raising our local taxes that didn't pass at the polls. And it took this year's economy to barely vote down a local school tax this past spring.

Sales tax here is 9.75%. I forget all the earmarks where it now goes to.