LA Weekly

After my article came out on Measure O, which I still hope everyone in L.A. votes for, I had an interesting conversation with Kris Vosburgh of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers' Association. Vosburgh objected to the way I'd characterized his organization for the sake of a punch line. He also pointed me to legislation HJTA had teamed up with the Sierra Club and the ACLU to support: Namely, the 1998 state ballot Proposition 7, which would have given tax breaks to diesel operators for mitigating emissions.

In the same year, environmental groups and HJTA also agreed on Prop 1.

It wasn't a hostile exchange; I learned a lot. And it reminded me to beware of cheap shots: You never know when you're alienating a potential ally.

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