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Secretive Clay County Commissioners Push $200,000 Tax Hike

RALEIGH — Clay County commissioners say a $200,000 sales-tax hike would help them pay for a new school, but John Locke Foundation researchers explain in a new Regional Brief that the numbers don't match the rhetoric. Voters will decide Nov. 2 whether county commissioners can raise the local sales tax rate by 0.25 cents.

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Numbers Show Clay County Tax Hike Is Unnecessary

RALEIGH — Clay County tax revenues climbed by more than 40 percent per person over the last five years, a fact that suggests the county does not need a new land-transfer tax. That’s the conclusion of John Locke Foundation analysts who have studied Clay County's budget figures.

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