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Erik Chalhoub here, looking at the language voters were presented with in November 2024 for Measure AA.
With a substantial budget shortfall in the current and subsequent fiscal years, the City of Monterey and the Monterey City Council are moving …
Mercedes-Benz of Monterey plans to move into Marina’s Dunes development in the former Fort Ord, gaining Marina City Council’s approval to help…
Agata Popęda here. On Friday, Dec. 12, the Weekly’s Associate Editor Erik Chalhoub—usually a very collected man—came to the office visibly mov…
Erik Chalhoub here, thinking that there are very few people (if even that) who like to pay taxes. We all want to keep more of our paychecks or…
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Monday, Oct. 13 that will give Monterey-Salinas Transit a chance to ask voters for more money, and shore up…
In places powered by a tourism-based economy, there are some obvious pros and cons. The City of Monterey developed an elegant solution to this…
Last year, voters in unincorporated Monterey County approved Measure AA, a 1-percent sales tax. As the County Board of Supervisors held budget…
Celia Jiménez here, thinking about Salinas’ Measure G, the 1-cent sales tax voters approved in 2014 to maintain city services and to fix stree…
JUDGMENT CALL…Squid rarely takes umbrage at being edited. If the Weekly’s editors see fit to reword Squid’s missives, so be it. Better, if edi…