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How much turbulence would end of corporate jet tax break create in Charlotte’s economy? (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: July 19,2011

Between banks and NASCAR, corporate jets regularly cast their shadows on Charlotte’s landscape. With 237 private and company planes based at facilities in Mecklenburg County, the impact of such aircraft on the county last year was about $110 million, according to county estimates. “We have a lot of traffic in jets,” said Richard Lewis, director [...]


Senate ratifies bill to up size of Board of Equalization and Review

By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: February 24,2011

In a move expected to make the appeals process quicker for Mecklenburg County property owners contesting their 2011 revaluations, the General Assembly today OK’d a bill to increase the number of members on the county’s Board of Equalization and Review. With the ratification this morning of Senate Bill 55, the board of equalization is expected [...]