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Giddy About Four Tax Hikes
The folks at the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners are so happy that voters in four counties have approved sales tax hikes that their website story contains this headline:…
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What NCACC Wants
The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners is advising county commissioners to oppose proposed cuts to the Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust that would decrease the ability of the…
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Are counties hiding tax votes?
The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) lists just eight counties with sales or transfer tax votes on the ballot November 4. Locke Foundation calls to county boards of…
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Orange 2nd Highest Tax Rate in NC
It’s no surprise to those who live in Orange County, but a report from the N.C. Association of County Commissioners confirms it: Orange County’s recent hike in the property tax…
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The Future Of Counties In NC
I’m not sure what the future holds, but apparently you can find out by listening to a noted “futurist” speaking to an event being promoted by the North Carolina Association…
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Transferring out the land-transfer tax
N.C. Rep. Pryor Gibson, D-Anson, introduced a bill on May 14 that would rescind the local-option land-transfer tax. Its 0-for-20 record on the ballot may have done something to prompt…
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Rephrasing the headline
Seems to me the NCACC’s headline from January is best rephrased thusly: “Local-option revenues proving popular with county commissioners, not voters, in ’08.”
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Enough to make him sound like a Republican
Davidson County commissioners aren’t happy with a General Assembly bill that could “shift funding of state roads from the state to the county level.” Right now, the bill’s not a…
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Taxpayer Funded Advocacy For More Taxation
One of the criticisms of both the NC League of Municipalities (NCLM) and The NC Association of Commissioners (NCACC) is that they rarely, if ever, focus their attention on creating…
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Conflicts of interest
Forsyth County Commisioner Debra Conrad is taking some heat for using her position as an elected official to drum up some business for her marketing company at the N.C. Associaition…
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Re: Latest Wrongheaded Approach to Medicaid
Far be it from NCACC and the Legislature to look for things like Waste, Fraud and Abuse or even streamlining the process by looking for efficiencies or simply looking at…
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Re: Latest wrongheaded approach to Medicaid
The Wake County Board of Commissioners voted against the proposal, but rural counties will likely win this vote. Say hey to the 8-cent sales tax (8.5 cents in Charlotte). What…