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<p>Thanks to a lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of residents, a proposition that will maintain the current extra 1-cent sales tax in National City for another 20 years is being rewritten to make it more direct and clear on the November ballot, according to a recent court ruling.</p>
<p>In the original language in Proposition D that National City had submitted to the Registrar of Voters for the November elections, it read:</p>
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<p>Gracias a una demanda presentada en nombre de un grupo de vecinos, una propuesta que mantendría el adicional de 1 centavo de impuestos sobre la venta en National City por otros 20 años está siendo reescrita para que sea más directa y clara en la boleta electoral de noviembre, de acuerdo con un reciente fallo judicial.</p>
<p>En el lenguaje original de la Proposición D que la ciudad había presentado al Registro de Votantes para las elecciones de noviembre, se lee (traducción del reportero):</p>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I love America, and have proudly invested in America. I have invested by building successful businesses employing thousands of American workers. And I have invested in our country by paying taxes.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; But our nation loses $100 billion a year to tax dodging by some of our largest corporations and wealthiest people. That’s a trillion dollar hole in our national treasury over the next decade unless we act now to plug it.</p>