George wrote:
>
> Now the third local walmart is literally moving across the street from
> their current locations. The only problem with the current location is
> that the nine year tax exemption is about to expire. When we (the
> taxpayers) built the original site for them we acquired and developed
> the land for them for free including running the utilities and
> constructing a highway interchange at no cost to walmart and gave them a
> nine year tax exemption. Now we are repeating that one by one as their
> tax exemption expires. I would think one of the worlds richest families
> and businesses could afford to pay taxes and pay for there own stuff.



They didn't get to be the richest by paying taxes. That's for the poor
people who have a social conscience or are afraid of getting caught.

gloria p