County parks will ask voters to extend Measure A sales tax

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By Peter Fugazzotto, Director, Communications

March 2, 2020

At a Marin Conservation League subcommittee meeting last week, Executive Director Jamison Watts said a campaign would cost about $225,000, and the land trust is prepared to pay half of that. “It is not cheap, but we feel very strongly about it. We’re all in on this,” he said.

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