Silva sends message on Measure A with mailer | Recordnet.com

Silva sends message on Measure A with mailer | Recordnet.com: "By Scott Smith Record Staff Writer August 09, 2013 12:00 AM STOCKTON - No, it's not campaign season, but that didn't stop Mayor Anthony Silva from sending out a glossy mailer Thursday to thousands of voters in Stockton. The two-sided piece shows Silva at a microphone talking crime. Bullet points and a graphic indicate a drop this year in homicides by 63 percent and robberies by 28 percent. Silva is making a statement on the city's 3/4-cent sales tax increase called Measure A, which will go on the ballot Nov. 5. "We have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go," it reads, adding that if the sales tax passes, it "will get us 120 more police officers." So far, 8,000 mailers have gone o"

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