As everyone knows, April 1st is known as April Fool’s Day and this year the fools are Santa Barbara voters, who voted to approve an increase in the city sales tax from 8.75% to 9.25%, effective on April 1 of this year.
It’s hard to wrap my mind around the fact that a majority of voters wanted to increase the cost of almost everything they buy, thus incre…
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