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from CBLDF@insv.com --
Send bucks
for Mavrides so he can keep fighting this stuff
Send a gift(please mark it "gift" so he doesn't have to fuck with the IRS)
to Paul Mavrides, any left over money will be donated to The Legal Defense
Fund at the end of the case.
c/o
Last Gasp Comics
777 Florida st
SF Ca 94110
CALIFORNIA WANTS A SALES TAX ON FREE SPEECH! The State of California has decided that "comic books, children's books and cartoon manuscripts are just templates for printing." California is saying "The Cat in the Hat" isn't literature and Dr. Seuss is not an author. The State is saying there, "ain't no ideas on that paper, just a bunch of drawings." The State is saying only authors who write are protected by the First Amendment and free from being taxed on their ideas. Cartoonists and children's book authors will be charged current and retroactive sales taxes that will bankrupt them and shut down many a publisher.
The state is trying to use Paul Mavrides (The Fabulous Furry Freak brothers) to set a legal precedent. They have gone on to attack The Creators Syndicate of Los Angeles and they're eyeballing Charles Schulz, Jim Lee and any one else smart enough to write, draw and chew gum at the same time. In January the California State Board of Equalization will hold it's final hearing on Mavrides case. The Board is an elected group of goverment officials that needs to have the First Amendment explained to them. People from California and around the state please call Kathleen Connell, State Controller and member of the Board of Equalization and tell her to,
"STOP THE TAX WAR ON CARTOONISTS!"
Call Kathleen Connell, State Controller at 1-916-445-3028 Tell her comics
are a legitimate American literary form! Demand she stop California's tax
war on cartoonists and children's books creators! DON'T TAX FREE SPEECH!
Or write a letter
Kathleen Connell
State Controller
300 Capital Mall #1850
Sacramento Ca 95814
full texts of information on the case will be available at
http://www.mordor.com/thehop/lemon_custard/
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