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January 21st, 2008

California Props

postedby ericnguyen on January21st,2008 tagged politics

About a dozen of us got together to discuss CA ballot measures that will be voted on on February 5th. I typed up some rough notes that are after the jump. Anyone who was there should feel free to email me comments or addenda.

We also discussed a local measure for Los Angeles and the Democratic nominees, but I didn’t keep notes on those.

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