The federal judge in charge of Stockton, Calif.'s bankruptcy case said that a resident who wants to start a fight over a proposed tax increase, which is on the city's November ballot, doesn't need to ask him for permission first, Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review reported today. In court papers, Judge Christopher Klein ruled that resident Dean Andal doesn't need court permission to begin challenging "allegedly misleading statements" that city officials have used to describe the 300,000-resident city's proposed tax increase since Andal's actions won't further erode the struggling city's finances.
