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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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opinion
All but 2 cities in Cherokee County
post disappointing sales tax igures
Saleé tax income for cit-
ies in Cherokee County is
a mixed bag as the sagging
economy lingers in East
Texas.
In the most recent report
issued by State Comptroller
Susan Combs, every city in
Cherokee County was down
with the exception of Alto
and Rusk, which posted
gains of almost. 57 percent
and 24. Spercent respectively
for the current period.
Leading the decline in
saleswas Wells, with a 45.39
percent loss in sales tax
revenue, followed by Cuney,
-22.65percent; Jacksonville,
-6.77 percent andNew Sum-
merfield, ^.87 percent.
These figures represent
purchases made in May,
remittedto the comptroller's
office in June andreleasedto
taxing entities this month.
In the year-to-date column.
Alto, Rusk and New Sum-
merfield are posting net
gains with 45,51 percent,
12.01 and 1.88 percent re-
spectively,
Approximately 75 percent
of all purchases made in
Cherokee County are in
Jacksonville — with retad
giant W almar t attracting the
largest base of customers.
Statewide, sales tax is up
2.2 percent for the month;
however, the growth has
been in the od and gas sector,
not the retail market.
Year to date, city sales tax
allocations throughout the
state are down 2.9 percent
compared to the same time
period last year .
Comptroller of Public Accounts
City and County Sales Tax Rebates Released July 2010
Lities
Rate
Net Payment
Comparable payment
% Change
2010
2009
% Change
this period
prior year
to date
to date
to date
payments
Alto
* 1.500%
7,728.63
4,929.05
56.79%
72,653.26
49,929.68
45.51%
Cuney
1.500%
10,176.52
13,157.53
-22.65%
84,407.08
88,766.38
-25.76%
Jacksonville
1.500%
221,491.59
237,576.66
-6.77%
1,661,260.95
1,847,678.47
-10.08%
New Summerfield
1.000%
1,513.40
1,526.78
-0,87%
10,294.22
10,103.43
1.88%
Rusk
1.500%
47,877.63
38,454.38
24.50%
382,265.66
341,248.63
12.01%
Wells
1.000%
2,29462
4,202.52
-45.39%
13,482.47
19,909.08
-32.27%
County Total
291,082.39
299,846.92
-2.92%
2,204,363.64
2,355,635.67
-6.42%
Cherokee
0.500%
106,39459
134,75477
-20.60%
838,588.52
1,115,939.65
-24.85%
graphic: Cherokeean Herald
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CITY OF RUSK
Building permits top $4.3 million
for first six months o the year
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
Rusk building permits for
the first six months of 2010 to-
taling $4,367,337.98, included
$ I million (oconsiruci a36,565
squarefootnursinghome. The
perm i I for the brick veneer
structure was issued to Rusk
Health Care Realty, 1884 FM
3 13. The facility is owned by
Alto Care Center doing busi-
ness as The Arbors.
No permits were issued for
new residential construction,
but several permits were is-
sued for renovations. Also
a swimming pool permit for
$20,000 and a $1,100 fence
permit were issued.
Residential and business
roofing andremodeling totaled
$311,737.98 A permit was is-
sued to Rusk ISD for a new
scoreboard at Eagle Stadium
at a cost of $25.000. Several
permits for storage buddings
were issued for $9,500.
Permits issued included:
January: Jan. 23.1.K. Car-
rot I, 220 S. Sycamore, a stor-
age building costing $2,000;
Jan. 23, Cherokee County
Sheriffs Department, 5275
Underwood St., $7.000 for a
storage budding;
February: Feb. 16, Marga-
ret Speck, 208 Daniels St. for
$1,500 to remodel a bathroom:
Feb. 25, Rusk Health Care
Realty, 1884 FM 343, for a
commercial building costing
$4 million: Feb. 26, Jan Pate
Inc. 127 Houston St. to re-
model a one-family dwelling
for $25,000; Feb. 26, Jan Pate
Inc.. 555 Castner St. to re model
a dwelling, $25,000;
March: March 15, La Voz
Del Salvador No. Five, 136
W. Second St., for remodeling,
$1,500; March 19, Nathan
and Kerri Taylor, 209 Rider
Rd., addition to budding for
Rusk ISD thanks TDCJ warden
DR. JIM LARGENT
$31,500; March 22, David
Murray, 199 Plum St., roof on
an utility room in a dwelling,
$3,500; March 31, Kevin Per-
sall, 369 W. Third St., fence,
$1,100;
April: Aprd 20, Lewis Col-
lie. 757 N. Henderson St,,
repair to building after fire,
$15,870.98; April 22, Billy
Davis, 530 I till Ave,, carport
and porch, $2,000; Aprd 26,
DBA Lexington Place, 330
Bagley Rd., re-roof, $118,000;
April 27, Jimmy Thompson,
rebuild fireplace, $2,500;
April 28, Denna Henslee, 207
White St., addition to building,
$53,000;
May: May 12, Buddy Mc-
Crary, 124 N. Barron St,, resi-
dential replacing vinyl siding
on house, $11,167; May 18,
Mount Oliye Baptist Church,
918 Egbert St., re-floor and
replace joists on building.
$4,200;
June: June 1, Albert Nol-
iey. carport, $12,000; June
1, Petrick Sedberry, 900 N.
Pate, remodelandlevel house,
•S 1.500; June 1, David Hood,
190 Forest Hill, in-ground
swimming pool. $20,000; June
4, Rusk ISD. Eagle Drive, sign
permit, $25,000; June 10, Joe
Evans, 397 Fairview, place-
ment of rebuilt storage build-
ing, $500; and June 15, Joe
Evans, 397 Fairview, levehng
house, $500.
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On behalf of Rusk ISD, I
want to wish Warden Todd
Foxworth all the best in his
new position in Palestine,
We have had a great work-
ing relationship with the
warden and with TDCJ since
Todd came to town.
His allowing the communi-
ty work squad to spend time
at our school in the summer
has not only beautified our
campuses, given facelifts
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