South County politicians claim tourism is our most important industry, even though it pays mostly minimum wage. They like tourism because it generates sales taxes and transient occupancy taxes. Moreover, they claim that the oil industry hurts the tourist industry.
Our county sups have finally helped put the oil industry on hospice by way of regulatory fi…
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