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Cabarrus County seeks taxpayer bailout to cope with debt problem

posted May 9, 2011

RALEIGH — After saddling county taxpayers with a mountain of debt, Cabarrus County commissioners want those same taxpayers to bail county government out of its problems. That’s how a new…
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Taxers’ Choice in Cabarrus: If the sales-tax increase fails, county threatens to hike property taxes

posted May 9, 2011 by Dr. Terry Stoops, Joseph Coletti, Dr. Michael Sanera

Commissioners of debt-ridden Cabarrus County want taxpayers to bail them out by approving a quarter-cent sales tax increase on May 17. If the voters do not approve the tax increase, commissioners threaten to hit them with a 2.2-cent property tax increase.

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