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Campaign for Jobs & Schools YOUR INFORMATION

Presentation on Quarter-Cent Sales Tax

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Draft presentation I crafted for different organizations to use to talk about the quarter-cent sales tax on the November 2011

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Campaign for Jobs & Schools

YOUR INFORMATION

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What is the ¼ Cent Sales Tax?An effort to raise $2.5 million in revenue per year for ten years

50%50%

Sales Tax Revenue

Capital Needs for Schools Economic Devel-opment

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What is NOT taxed under ¼ cent?

• Groceries• Gas• Utilities• Prescription Drugs• Certain agricultural supplies• Motor vehicles

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Debt Service on Infra-structure

60%

Small Business Loan Fund

10%

Agricultural Economic De-

velopment10%

Innovation Center9%

Business In-vestment

Grants8%

Collateral Materials1.5%

Collaborative Outreach 1.5%

Uses of Economic Development Portion

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The Potential – Buckhorn EDD

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The Potential – Buckhorn EDD

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The Potential – Buckhorn EDD

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The Potential – Buckhorn EDD

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Important Dates and Locations

• Early Voting Begins October 20th

- Orange County Board of Elections- Carrboro Town Hall- University Square, Suite 133-G- Seymour Senior Center

• Election Day: November 8th

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Get Involved in the Campaign

For more information, visit online:

co.orange.nc.us/salestax/

Like the Campaign on Facebook:

facebook.com/jobsandschools

Follow the Campaign on Twitter:

twitter.com/jobsandschools