Tag: boost_sales
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Brother, can you spare a quarter percent?
The Orange County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) opened up discussion this evening of putting a %0.25 increase in local sales tax before voters in November (Levy of a One-Quarter Cent (1/4¢) County Sales and Use Tax [PDF]). The tax, if approved, will bump our local sales tax to %8 with all the additional proceeds going […]
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Ho, Ho, Ho, North Carolina’s Lottery Pimps Christmas
WRAL5 reports …state lottery officials are in the Christmas spirit. Excuse me while I puke. Merry Money, the first $10 instant-ticket game in North Carolina, began appearing in stores Tuesday. The new game is part of a trend in the lottery industry toward holiday-themed scratch-off games, which officials hope will boost sales. The new game […]