Economic Survey results aired on state revenue options
A Brownfield News survey in district 77 collected 149 responses on nine options to raise revenue and secure the state's economic future. Spending Cuts led with 30 first-place votes, followed by Sales Tax on Out of State Catalog Sales with 21, while Personal Income Tax faced the strongest opposition with 37 ninth-place votes and 59 no answers. A Texas Lottery and pari mutuel betting drew mixed results among respondents.
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Brownfield News
Jim Rudd
NEWS
Brownfield reports July building permits total small
Brownfield records 36 building permits in July with no new residence permits and a July sum of 65 527 dollars. Seven month total 1 296 709 dollars versus 2 357 639 a year earlier, a shortfall of over 1 million dollars. Remodeling and storage building work dominate, with numerous individual permit listings including carports fences and additions.
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Brownfield
Bonnie Shannon
S. 1St St
Mildred Adams
S. Pecos
Wellman ISD to Hold Monday Board Meeting
Wellman Independent School District schedules regular session at 8 p.m. Monday in the school boardroom. Agenda includes review of the proposed 1986-87 budget and tax rate, approval of an agreement with Four County Special Services Co op, hiring Mark Arnold as agriculture science instructor, resignation of Kim Harrison as home economics instructor, and a contract with Love Hayes Schaffner CPA to perform the 1985-86 audit.
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Wellman School
Four County Special Services Co-op
Mark Arnold
Kim Harrison
BRMC Administrator details tax proposal at hearing
BRMC Administrator Pat McMillan explained the proposed tax increase for the 1986 87 fiscal year at a Thursday public hearing. He cited DRG rate changes reducing Medicare Medicaid revenues since 1983, totaling over 1.3 million, and noted staff cuts from 183 to 110 with 20 percent annual expense reductions.
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Terry Memorial Hospital District Board of Directors
Pat McMillan
McMillan
BRMC
Tax reform promises fade as burden shifts higher this year
The article argues that federal and local agencies push for tax hikes while promising fairness. It criticizes the conference committee's final bill, predicting higher taxes for middle income earners after deductions vanish. It notes tax loopholes fuel businesses and unemployment worries, urging citizen input.
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Washington
Tulia farmer blasts DOE nuclear waste dump plan
Delbert Devin, president of the Nuclear Waste Task Force, denounces DOE high level waste disposal proposals at a Brownfield High School meeting. He warns of threats to the Ogallala Aquifer, questions site selection, and calls for a nationwide survey of viable sites.
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Tulia Farmer
DOE
Tulia
Delbert Devin
Department of Energy
Brownfield High School
Devin
Panhandle
Deaf Smith County
Dimmitt
West Texas Corn Growers
West Texas Wheat Producers Assoc
W.I.F.E
West Texas Sugar Beet Growers
Texas Farmers Union
American Agricultural
Texas Garden Clubs Association
S.T.A.N.D
Amarillo
Council of Catholic Women
Robert Baumgardner
Brownfield
Marjorie Sommers
Mississippi River
Texas
NWTF
Ogallala
Lake Meredith
Nuclear Waste Task Force
Yankees
Mason- Dixon Line
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