California Tobacco Tax

Sporus
Sporus Posts: 236
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Looks like it has a narrow lead right now. I'd really rather it not pass.

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  • jliu
    jliu Posts: 7,735 ✭✭✭✭
    where you seeing the results thus far?
  • Sporus
    Sporus Posts: 236
    sfgate. Hopefully when we wake up this will all just be a bad dream.
  • jliu
    jliu Posts: 7,735 ✭✭✭✭
    arg... I hope so man. one way or another we are having a serious celebration herf after this
  • catfishbluezz
    catfishbluezz Posts: 7,000 ✭✭✭
    Meh....I'll still buy here, when they stop that, I'll still buy here....and just have a brother ship it to me. It will kill the B&M's though....which really sucks
  • interpim
    interpim Posts: 146
    Looks like it didn't pass!

    http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/06/06/proposition-to-further-tax-cigarettes-too-close-to-call/
  • Sporus
    Sporus Posts: 236
    interpim:
    Looks like it didn't pass!

    http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/06/06/proposition-to-further-tax-cigarettes-too-close-to-call/
    Yeah! Latest I read was that its up 50.8% to 49.2% with about 200,000 ballots left to go. The lead is 60,000.
  • Sporus
    Sporus Posts: 236
    Sporus:
    interpim:
    Looks like it didn't pass!

    http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/06/06/proposition-to-further-tax-cigarettes-too-close-to-call/
    Yeah! Latest I read was that its up 50.8% to 49.2% with about 200,000 ballots left to go. The lead is 60,000.
    and by "up" I mean "down"
  • jliu
    jliu Posts: 7,735 ✭✭✭✭
    wa hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I would like to take this moment and thank everyone. You guys have been my inspiration. My powa. My all. domo arigato
  • Sporus
    Sporus Posts: 236
    We had our game plan, we just had to go out to the polls and execute. Gave 110%, couldn't be more proud of our voters. Really pulled it together when things got tough. Rose to the challenge in the face of adversity. 110%. Big win. Execute.
  • catfishbluezz
    catfishbluezz Posts: 7,000 ✭✭✭
    Awesome!!!!!!
  • robbyras
    robbyras Posts: 5,487 ✭
    hell yes! I took 10 people, in 2 cars, to the local retirement home to vote... good times and jello had by all...

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  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,829 ✭✭✭✭✭
    congratulations! I didn't know it was possible to vote down more taxes in CA
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    "If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed.  If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." --  Mark Twain
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 3,917 ✭
    Thank goodness. Although the B&M I went to today to browse, already had the tax in there. Seriously crazy expensive.
  • Sporus
    Sporus Posts: 236
    james40:
    Thank goodness. Although the B&M I went to today to browse, already had the tax in there. Seriously crazy expensive.
    Really? I was at a B&M over the weekend and asked the owner when it would take effect if passed and he said he wasn't sure. Doesn't seem like they could put it into effect immediately.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 3,917 ✭
    Well, it appeared they had the amount of tax included due to the high price. It was definitely most I had ever seen for cigars. Not sure if it's cool, but they had the small Camacho 3x Maduro for $26. Insane.
  • Sporus
    Sporus Posts: 236
    Wow! That is pricey. There's a hookah bar/smoke shop by my place that had Oliva V's for a similar price. Not sure of there are rare ones or anything, but that seemed a bit egregious.

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