The Western Rockingham Chamber of Commerce, which represents the Madison, Mayodan and Stoneville areas, has come out against the 3.7 percent sales tax increase.
This area of the county is most directly in competition with Virginia merchants, where the current sales tax is some 40 percent below the North Carolina rate.
Here is an excerpt:
“Many concerned citizens question why our county budget has grown at a rate much higher than inflation, and why past increases have not been more than sufficient to cover this new education initiative without adding back the suspended sales tax rate.”
