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Lawndale is in a state where the governor had to hold a public referendum before he can raise the taxes. Glenn Eicher, writer of this very episode, has said in interviews that he viewed Lawndale as being in Maryland or a similarMid-Atlantic state, possibly Maryland (and the state governor shown does resemble Maryland's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parris_Glendening Governor Glendening]); however, Marylandnone residents don'tof getthose tostates vote on whether their taxes go up. ''California'' voters do this though, and in 2000 (when this episode was written) there were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_ballot_propositions_2000%E2%80%932009#March_7.2C_2000 two school-related tax propositions that were voted down].