Save money with sales-tax holiday

To the editor:

Missouri families can save money this weekend. Last year for the first time shoppers saved on back-to-school supplies, computers and clothes, thanks to the sales-tax holiday. The result was so positive that the General Assembly and Gov. Matt Blunt made the sales-tax holiday permanent this year.

I encourage all Missouri families to save money and conduct their back-to-school shopping during the first weekend in August. Families will pay no state sales tax on qualifying purchases, and many local governments have joined this effort, suspending their own sales taxes.

To see if your local government is participating and learn more about the sales-tax holiday, check my Web site at www.ltgov.mo.gov for more information.

PETER D. KINDER, Lieutenant Governor, Jefferson City, Mo.