Hughes offers tax proposal for economic development

Pitching a sales tax 2/20

Wednesday, February 20 2013

Pitching a sales tax 2/20

St. Francis County Judge Gary Hughes, at the podium, pitches the idea of an on-demand half-cent tax for economic development to the county’s Quorum Court justices on Tuesday.

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A proposal by St. Francis County Judge Gary Hughes to the SFC Quorum Court on Tuesday may bring the issue of a half cent sales tax for economic incentives to county voters this year.

At the end of Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Court, Hughes...