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sl8

(16,245 posts)
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 06:04 AM Jul 2022

'Lets Go Brandon' Mistakenly Stamped On Hundreds Of Official Tax Letters In Stanislaus County

https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2022/07/15/lets-go-brandon-mistakenly-stamped-on-hundreds-of-official-tax-letters-in-stanislaus-county/

‘Lets Go Brandon’ Mistakenly Stamped On Hundreds Of Official Tax Letters In Stanislaus County

By Marlee GinterJuly 15, 2022 at 11:09 pm

MODESTO (CBS13) — A Stanislaus County resident is demanding answers after she and hundreds of others received an official tax letter in the mail stamped with “Lets Go Brandon.”

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“Our office is completely nonpartisan,” said County Assessor Don Gaekle. But, he continued, “We didn’t have anything to do with it.”

Gaekle says there was no political agenda behind the message. He says ABS Direct, a contractor, printed the envelopes in error and has since apologized. Gaekle says the county not only doesn’t condone such messages, but he says they don’t belong on official government business.

“We’re a nonpartisan government office doing the taxpayer’s business, and we apologize that this mistake offended taxpayers, and we want to make sure that it never happens again,” said Gaekle.

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3Hotdogs

(13,386 posts)
3. "Yes. Mistake. (Hee, HEe, HEE, Wait 'till the lib'tards get their mail)"
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 06:20 AM
Jul 2022

Hire a new vendor for the envelopes.

Omnipresent

(6,328 posts)
4. "Lets go Brandon" is their way of saying, they are owned by the left.
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 06:23 AM
Jul 2022

The right talks like that, because we won’t tolerate, what they would really like to say.

Scrivener7

(52,714 posts)
5. Hope ABS Direct loses the contract. I would imagine that county mailings would
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 06:25 AM
Jul 2022

be a good client for a member of a fading industry.

Bluethroughu

(5,750 posts)
7. This is why Government business should NOT be privatized.
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 07:18 AM
Jul 2022

That company should lose it's contract, they are not capable of printing envelopes.

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