September 27, 2007
General Growth Related Issues
Chatham County voters should consider the millions of dollars their local government has overcollected or spent on non-essential items in recent years. A new John Locke Foundation Regional Brief shows Chatham County government has $23.6 million available to spend on high-priority government functions.
Taxpayers can read the brief before they consider allowing the county government to [...]
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September 27, 2007
Elected Leaders
GrowthMatters received a post card recently from Raleigh City Councilor Russ Stephenson (currently running for one of Raleigh’s two at-large seats). The first item on his list of accomplishments—outlined in the mail piece— included a few bullets on how Russ voted to increase impact fees in Raleigh. But there’s no reference [...]
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