E. Crosby Tobacconist to Close Soon

[briarfriar]

E. Crosby Tobacconist in Modesto, California will close its doors this summer. Read all about it here.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Damn! Another one bites the dust!

 

[ashdigger]

He cites the tobacco tax going into effect July 1. A little research leads you to this quote .....

Helping your business succeed is important to the Board of Equalization. The taxes and fees you collect and pay to the state help fund state and local services and programs that are important to you and your community.

Yep, I'm too stupid for my own good.

 

[wyfbane]

Nice. Napoleon has chased off Snowball and seems to have firm hold of the reins down in Cali.

 

[jakecobb]

Nice. Napoleon has chased off Snowball and seems to have firm hold of the reins down in Cali.

https://youtu.be/gOqblSqx_VI

 

[brian64]

@jakecobb: +1 on the Floyd tune...very apropos.

Helping your business succeed is important to the Board of Equalization.

The "Board of Equalization" ... *heavy sigh*. You just can't make up a name like that. It can only be from 1984 or some other dystopian novel...OR...it could be from the People's Republic of California.
Way to go California. Why hasn't the whole state gone completely bankrupt by now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0oTp7qQRIY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iey7_N_mEx4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jft8cQPgmi0

 

[jakecobb]

Way to go California. Why hasn't the whole state gone completely bankrupt by now.

I thought we had already.

 

[dmcmtk]

The Board of Equalization!!! It sounds like something out of Atlas Shrugged!

 

[brian64]

I thought we had already.

Apparently not bankrupt enough yet...not until they finish picking clean the bones of the electorate I guess.
"No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session." -- attributed to either Mark Twain or Gideon Tucker

 

[warren]

And... we are off!

 

[brian64]

Agreed Warren...we've been off for a long time now.