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COVINA - Language in the city's failed attempt to extend the utility users' tax that could have led to taxation of Internet services may have contributed to the proposal's downfall Tuesday, some city officials and experts said.
Covina city officials said new language in Measure A defined "telecommunications services" as one of the utilities that could be taxed under the new statute and was added to keep up with the ever- evolving communications industry.See the full content of this document
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Wording May Have Killed Tax Measure
But opponents seized on the text of the measure, claiming the city was aiming to pad its coffers by expanding the tax into Internet access services.
The measure failed in Tuesday'...See the full content of this document
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