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Tax Revenue Reveals Local Shopper Habits / Rico, John [878] [RICO-1981-878]
PLUS AND MINUS OF A BEDROOM COMMUNITY - Many times we hear Vacaville residents expressing themselves about the rapid growth here in immediate years past. Without going back too far, 31 years to be exact, residents in 1950 were well satisfied with the 3,169 people living here. Today that figures is around the 42,000 mark.

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Temperance, taxes part of librarys past / Bowen, Jerry [537] [WAYITWAS-2004-537]
During several of the Solano County Historical Society meetings to save the old Fairfield Library building, some of those in attendance from Vallejo expressed continuing anger over the razing of the Vallejo Carnegie Library building.

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Revenue Bonds Win Vaca Preference / Rico, John [899] [RICO-1981-899]
THE FRUGAL VACAVILLE TAXPAYERS - Despite the fact we continually hear about the burdens of taxation, it can be said taxpayers within the City of Vacaville have been extremely frugal in expenditures for improvements throughout the past 130 years. In fact the total sum in general obligation bonds issued for civic improvements ever since those days when the Vacas and Penas first set foot here, is less than $2 million dollars.

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1959 City of Vacaville Water Revenue Bonds

1959

Official Statement of the City of Vacaville 1959 Water Revenue Bonds Series A. Several topics are outlined in this report including: Sale and Delivery of the Bonds, Description of the Water System, Monticello Dam and Future Water Supply, California Medical Facility, and various highlights of local industries. Statement prepared by Stone and Youngberg Financing Consultants..

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It was a taxing situation during the Depression / Bowen, Jerry [827] [WAYITWAS-2008-827]
In my last column we began to take a brief look at some of the history of the Depression of the 1930s. A look at our elected officials performance gives us reason to wonder if they have learned anything from the past.

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History reveals itself to treasure hunters / Delaplane, Kristin [269] [ECHOS-1996-269]
The Vacaville metal-detecting team of Buttari and Bruni learned of a location in downtown Vacaville where an old house was being razed. The two immediately set off in search of treasure. At first, using the tools of their trade, the pair weren't hitting pay dirt.

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Historical Sites Marked / Wichels, Ernest [811] [WICHELS-1964-811]
Our readers, like all Solano and Napa County residents, are inveterate motorists. One can meet drivers of local automobiles on any given day in almost any spot in California. Along with the highway safety signs, directional signs, etc., one does not travel far without seeing this one: "Historical Marker, 500 Feet."

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Writings reveal turn-of-the-century life / Delaplane, Kristin [324] [ECHOS-1997-324]
Pearl Fowler and Evelyn Lockie, both born around the turn of the century, wrote about their early days in Cordelia and the Suisun Valley. These writings give a window into their world and what their day-to-day life was like in Solano County. Fowler lived in the Green Valley Township with the small town of Cordelia the center of her universe.

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Rush family helped agriculture thrive in local area / Bowen, Jerry [657] [WAYITWAS-2006-657]
I've often been asked why I think that knowing something about the past is important. Today, most of us don't even think about the fact that all the mistakes and the good decisions made by those who came before us have had a profound effect on our lives.

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