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The City That Knows How… to Tax, and Tax, and Tax

The City That Knows How… to Tax, and Tax, and Tax
A San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency parking control officer places a parking ticket for an illegally parked motorcycle on July 3, 2013 in San Francisco, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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“The city that knows how” was a great moniker that was attached to San Francisco at the end of World War I. Until the last three decades, it really was the city that knew how to get things done.

Tony Hall
Tony Hall
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Tony Hall is a former supervisor for San Francisco's District 7. He has held executive and administrative positions in seven different city departments in all three branches of government over a 33-year period.
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