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Knee Jerk Reaction: Sales Tax Bad

Full disclosure: I have not done my homework. In the interest of convincing both remaining loyal readers of this blog that I am serious about updating regularly, I am getting this out quickly rather than spend a lot of time on research.

This Feb. 5th, registered St. Louisans will not only have the opportunity to support the aspirations of Barack Obama or another candidate for the Democratic or Republican nomination, they will also get to vote on whether or not to hike the city sales tax another 1/2 cent, in the interest of, among other things, \\\"...funding police and fire pensions...\\\".