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is week, Publisher Bill Bowman yields
this space to Don Talbot, a citizen who
shares his thoughts on the City-County Li-
aison Committee meeting. e meeting took
place Wednesday, Aug. 15.
ere was discussion at the City-County
Liaison Committee meeting regarding the
food and beverage tax of 1 cent. Mayor
Colvin recommends increasing it by a
quarter of a cent, which I think is quite
laudable. As far as the North Carolina
Legislature is concerned, if you do not
request it, nothing will ever become of
it. Great idea, Mayor Colvin. is tax to
increase revenue is across all people who
purchase food and beverages and is more
than equitable.
Increasing the ad valorem tax that Larry
Lancaster suggests – which only extracts
money from people who own property
– might be easier, but it is not fair. Gen-
eral fund revenues should come from all
citizens who come and go within our cities
and county. Sales taxes are a better way to
go, and they are more palatable.
If the county really wants to save money,
then take away the patrol and detective
officers from the sheriff 's office and have
the Fayetteville Police Department go to
a metro police force. Other police depart-
ments in Cumberland County should also
be folded into this metro force. e sher-
iff 's office duties could be limited only to
court and detention center requirements.
Centralizing police activities would make
for a more efficient force.
About Shaw Heights and a proposal to
realign Shaw Road, it sure would be nice if
officials were more transparent about what
might be happening. ose property own-
ers in that area have a right to know what
might – or will – be happening to them.
I do believe that if the commissioners and
city council lived in that doughnut hole,
they, too, would be upset at what has not
transpired since the Big Bang.
Citizen responds to City-County Liaison Committee's
tax hike proposal
by DON TALBOT
Increasing the ad valorem tax ... might be easier, but it is not fair. General fund revenues should come from all citizens who come and go within our cities
and county.
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