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High-Tax City Pushes Arts Projects
RALEIGH — Charlotte has again shown up in the John Locke Foundation’s By The Numbers report with the highest per-capita tax burden of big cities in North Carolina, but that isn’t stopping officials from increasing it more to pay for arts projects. Members of a panel that includes four city councilmen have been mulling six high-ticket projects estimated to cost about $142 million. The Arts & Science Council has long-term plans for even more projects, saying the city needs “a new vision” for cultural offerings. The group devised a 25-year plan that would demand millions of dollars more in public money for years to come.