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Your periodic reports on ad campaigns are very much appreciated--I hope you continue this service.
The July 25 item was a excellent example of the need for this analysis. The liquor industry’s attempt to use little old ladies and schoolteachers to confuse voters regarding Prop. 134 must be exposed.
A “yes” vote on Prop. 134 in November is a vote for a tax of a “nickel a drink” to pay for alcohol abuse prevention, rehabilitation, and education.
This is not a vindictive proposition--it is an attempt to have those who drink pay a fair share of the high cost to society of the abuse of alcohol.
NORMAN WOLLITZ
El Cajon
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