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Source: Monterey County Weekly

CHECK-OUT TIME… With shrimp-flavored popcorn in tentacle, Squid watched the fight over Measure M in Carmel to raise the transient occupancy tax from 10 percent to 12 percent. It’s a tax paid by hotel guests, not residents, a no-brainer way…

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