OpinionDecember 14, 1999
LETTERS: COUNTY IS GRINCH ON SALES TAXES
To the editor: Oh my goodness, what shall we do? The county revenue only went up a paltry 4.7 percent from $4.76 million to $4.98 million, and there sits that Internet thing just brimming with consumers' dollars waiting to be confiscated. Wake that Grinch up and see if he can't figure out how we can get some of that cash for our governmental stew. Steal those wrapped packages from under the tree. Push those trees up the chimney. We'll make off with their bucks if it is the last thing we do...
Tom Gerber
To the editor:
Oh my goodness, what shall we do? The county revenue only went up a paltry 4.7 percent from $4.76 million to $4.98 million, and there sits that Internet thing just brimming with consumers' dollars waiting to be confiscated.
Wake that Grinch up and see if he can't figure out how we can get some of that cash for our governmental stew. Steal those wrapped packages from under the tree. Push those trees up the chimney. We'll make off with their bucks if it is the last thing we do.
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Bah, humbug, to the county auditor, aka the Grinch. I wish you a "Christmas Carol" dream.
TOM GERBER
Cape Girardeau
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