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With National City facing deficit, mayoral candidates debate business tax, affordability | KPBS

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Article written by Kori Suzuki
National City’s mayoral candidates, Marcus Bush and Jose Rodriguez, debated strategies to address the city's budget deficit and rising housing costs. The candidates clashed over a proposed business tax and accusations regarding the handling of public funds.
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With National City facing deficit, mayoral candidates debate business tax, affordability
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SPAG90
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Graded by NewzGrade AI AI · provisional on October 28, 2026 at 09:43 PM
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90
Coherent
85
Objective
80
Sourced
75
Concise
80

The article is a news piece that presents the debate between mayoral candidates effectively but could improve on source attribution for allegations made during the debate.

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