Prop K: A Conversation With Scott HaugeMarc Nortonbyline‚ Oct. 29‚ 2004Scott Hauge is a man on a mission, the guy that the opponents of Prop K have made their spokesman. Prop K would bring back the gross receipts business tax that was spiked a few years back by a cabal of big-time downtown corporations, lovingly dubbed the 'Filthy 52' by the Bay Guardian's Tim Redmond. Hauge runs an outfit called Small Business Advocates. Anytime the downtown boys want to beat up on a business tax proposal, they weep a flood of crocodile tears about its effect on their small business brethren. This is the political equivalent of putting women and children in front of your advancing troops. |