Summary
It's not like there aren't any issues to debate, after alL The No. 1 issue: growth and how to pay for it Raleigh and Cary both asked the General Assembly to let Wake County enact new revenue sources - in lieu of soaring property taxes - for public schools. These might include impact fees on new development, a transfer tax on real-estate sales, or that old regressive standby, a local sales tax. Wake voters would get the final say. But if you're watching the news, you know the Realtors and homebuilders organizations (both major campaign contributors to state lawmakers) are screaming bloody murder about impact fees and transfer taxes, and they've got the Senate's leaders a-scared. If the General Assembly throws up its hands and goes home, does that mean Raleigh and Cary should put the brakes on growth?
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Slim Political Pickings
The filing period for our 2007 municipal and school board elections started Friday and lasts through July 20. In the early going, the pic...
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