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Old 08-17-2009, 05:24 PM
 
Location: Sacramento
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good god, seems she'll most likely be giving Californians a bad name in Washington state with that attitude/mentality.
Ya know what??? Sometimes you can add by subtracting.
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Old 08-17-2009, 05:36 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Ya know what??? Sometimes you can add by subtracting.
haha, that is a good way of putting it. Definitely not sorry to see her type leave.
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Old 08-17-2009, 05:36 PM
 
Location: Northern California
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The LAT will give column space to just about anyone who slams Prop 13 in their piece.
Why does she slam Prop 13 and then moves to a state that has no state income tax?
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Old 08-17-2009, 08:04 PM
 
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Funny thing is she has a twitter page (femmewriter), and throughout it she complains about not being able to afford her house and lacking the money for basic purchases.
Supposedly, according to the blog she co-writes, she and her husband own (or owned?) a 2-room B&B in Vista. Not enough guests staying to afford the house?
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Old 08-17-2009, 08:08 PM
 
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So Washington state still has jobs in the newspaper biz? Where exactly? The P-I is no more and half of the Seattle Times articles are from the AP.

My local paper, the Olympian, is the Washington equivalent of the Anaheim Bulletin (for you folks in L.A., think the Long Beach Press-Telegram). Nothing much to see there.

Oh, and food prices, property tax and water rates and garbage collection are all more up here. No income tax, though, but a sales tax nearing 10%.

Personally, if I could afford to buy a house in CA right now, I would be back there so quick I would be a human blur because the Golden State lifestyle suits my personality better (SoCal born and raised).
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Old 08-17-2009, 08:15 PM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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Buy low, sell high.

Leaving California now is kind of like selling a stock when it is down. The time to sell (or leave) is when the stock is high. Now (or soon) is the time to be buying (moving to), not selling (moving from California).

Some saw the housing bubble and sold; trick now is spotting the bottom -- latimes.com

The analogy for the author is she just dumped her high school boyfriend because he got a face full of zits. Five years from now, when exy-poo gets drafted #1 by the Lakers, she'll be helping her latest love wash cars somewhere.
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Old 08-17-2009, 08:23 PM
 
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One person's perspective on how she thinks California has changed:

Dear California, I'm dumping you -- latimes.com
Her opinion addresses symptoms of Californias problems but not root causes. She couldn't resist slamming prop 13. But we've got the 6th highest taxes of all 50 states. When will people realize giving the state government more money will not fix the problems?
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Old 08-17-2009, 10:15 PM
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She's moving to Washington. I would like to know how she feels in a few years. Rain, rain go away....
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Old 08-17-2009, 10:58 PM
 
Location: Sacramento
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She's moving to Washington. I would like to know how she feels in a few years. Rain, rain go away....
Probably wants to go to a place with no income taxes.

She actually is pretty funny. When you play connect-the-dots with her webpage, tweets and this article, you don't get a very pretty picture.
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Old 08-17-2009, 11:13 PM
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Probably wants to go to a place with no income taxes..
You can't blame her for that.
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