March 18, 2007
Elected Leaders
We’re less than 90 days into the 2007 session of the NC General Assembly, and you’d think there’s a blue light special on new home taxes. In the last several days, lawmakers from around the state have filed bills that would put new taxes on homes.
These so-called land transfer taxes place a 1% sales [...]
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March 10, 2007
Elected Leaders
Why is it that the leader of the Chatham Coalition, Jeffery Starkweather, who is also the head of the NC Smart Growth Alliance, met behind closed doors with the Mayor of Pittsboro to discuss official town business?
As reported in the News and Observer,
Voller [Pittsboro Mayor], who said he helped negotiate those terms during [...]
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