Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 11, Ed. 1 Monday, November 17, 1986 Page: 2 of 24
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2—Buffoon Star. Monday, November 17,1986
Sales tax rebate check
tops $100,000 (again)
It was just a year and a half ago
that Burleson received its first
monthly sales tax rebate check in
excess of $100,000. Since then,
every single quarterly check has
exceeded that once unattainable
figure. The latest, in a series
which now stands at six, was the
$ 111,905 check for November.
It’s the second largest such check
ever received here, edging out
last November for that honor by
over $4,000.
Comparisons between this year
and last year are of the classic
tortoise and the hare variety.
Sales tax receipts in 1985 laid
waste to all previous records and
amounted to about a 25 percent
growth over the previous year.
This year has been more subdued
and will merely break—as op-
posed to shatter—records. It
already boosts the two largest
months ever and three of the four
top months for sales tax receipts.
Unless nobody spends a dime in
Burleson for the rest of the
month, 1986 will also become the
number one year in taxable sales.
The sales tax receipts for this year
are less than $16,000 behind last
year’s 12-month total now.
And it’s all been done in a
steady, plodding pace. There have
been no spectacular months,
only months that were about the
same or slightly better than the
corresponding period of last
year. That’s been good enough,
however, to push Burleson more
than four percent ahead of last
year through November. By way
of contrast, the state as a whole is
almost two percent below last
year’s pace. Cleburne, which
doubled Burleson’s pace for
much of the year, is now at barely
half the growth rate of Burleson
as far as sales tax receipts are
concerned.
OVER HALF THE cities in the
state are below last year’s level.
In that context, Burleson is not
doing as bad as it might seem
when comparing the city against
its own frantic growth period
last year.
The November check brought
the total for the year to $770,333,
which is 4.2 percent ahead of the
$739,388 received by this time in
1985. The November, 1985 check
was for $107,676.
Both Johnson County and
Tarrant county are in the plus
column compared to last year.
Johnson county has all winners
among its 10 cities levying the
one percent city sales tax. Tarrant
County is pretty evenly divided
among its 32 jurisdictions, with
Arlington, Haltom City, and Eu-
less being among its notable
losers.
Eightv-eight percent of the total
amount of sales tax collected in
Johnson County was collected
either in Burleson or Cleburne.
Both cities are well under the
percentage change for the other
eight cities, but the numbers for
those cities are significantly
smaller.
BRIAR OAKS IS running 13.5
percent ahead of last year’s pace.
Its latest check, for $616 brings
the total to $5,148. Last Noverp-
ber that city received $450 and
had a total of $4,536 at that
time.
At $155,627, Crowley is slightly
ahead of last year’s $150,300
collected for 11 months and
likewise, the November check of
$31,177 was just ever so slightly
more than the one received
last year.
Joshua showed almost a nine
percent gain over last November
and for the year is 27 percent
ahead of 1985. The November
check for $10,908 compared to a
1985 check of $10,097. So far this
year, Joshua has received $79,670.
That compares to $62,735 last
year.
State Comptroller Bob Bullock
this week sent checks totaling
$104.6 million in local sales tax to
1,033 cities that levy the one
percent city tax. Bullock said
1986 payments to date were
down 1.7 percent when com-
pared to the payments made
through November of last year.
Bullock also sent checks total-
ing $48.7 million to the state’s six
Metropolitan TVansit Authorities.
Fort Worth’s MTA received $971,-
655 for a $7.7 million total this
year.
SOME AREA CITIES and the
amount each received on the
November round of sales tax
rebates are (amounts rounded to
nearest dollar):
— Hillsboro, $57,643.
— Itasca, $4,443.
—Granbury, $69,828.
—Alvarado, $9,792.
—Cleburne. $183,043.
-Godley, $2,357.
—Grandview, $5,174.
— Keene, $9,013.
-Rio Vista, $1,290.
—Venus, $1,629.
— Benbrook, $56,546.
— Everman, $23,322.
-Forest Hill, $45,490.
-Fort Worth, $4,173,107.
— Kennedale, $34,221.
— Mansfield, $93,367.
NOVEMBER CHECKS repre-
sent taxes collected on sales
made in September and reported
to the comptroller by Oct. 20.
November is one of four mon-
ths of the year when quarterly
sales tax returns are included in
the city totals. These quarterly
checks are generally con-
siderably higher than checks for
other months. All cities receive
checks during the end of these
quarterly periods. During the
other eight months, only cities
receiving more than $500 in sales
tax rebates are sent checks bv the
comptroller’s office.
Alsbury
m
Opening
—Community opposed
to sale of alcohol
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
sure improvements and widen-
ing of the narrow road to
state standards.
Deep ditches running alongside
the county road have also been
cited as safety hazards. The
ditches have been contributing
factors in injury and fatality
statistics during a long history of
concern to area residents about
the safety (or lack of it) on
CR 600.
A LETTER IN BEHALF of the
community was mailed Friday to
the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission in Austin, request-
ing denial of a license as a
private club under Section 11 46
General Grounds for Refusal,
number eight. The subheading
on which the residents base their
objection reads: "the place or
manner in which the applicant
may conduct his business war-
rants the refusal of a permit
based on the general welfare,
health, peace, morals, and safety
of the people and on the public
sense of decency.”
According to instructions to
those desiring to submit a legal
protest to an application for a
private club permit, the commis-
sion or administrator “may
refuse to issue an original or
renewal permit with or without a
hearing if it has reasonable
grounds to believe that such a cir-
cumstance exists.”
Low'erv said he would plan to
attend a hearing in Austin if such
a hearing is granted by the com-
mission. He plans to come armed
with data to back up the com-
munity’s concern for the safety
of area residents.
"As a community we aren't
against the personalities involved
who have submitted the petition
lor licensin|, but we are afraifi ofJC>
the repurcusSions which would ’
result from the sale of alcoholic
beverages. We feel it’s our obliga-
tion as Christians to take a stand
against the permit, not only for
the youth of the area, but for the
safety of all those who travel the
busy highway," said the pastor
CANCER RISK
The risk ol developing lung
cancer is 10 times greater lor
smokers than for nonsmokers.
Those who smoke two or more
packs of cigarettes a day are 15
to 25 times more likely to die of
lung cancer than nonsmokers
Greycllffe Development Corporation President Steve Shuler ad-
dresses the crowd gathered for the official grand opening of
Alsbury Boulevard. About 25 people braved the rain and dropping
temperatures Wednesday for the opening ceremonies in the north-
ern portion of Burleson labied the "third dimension" by BISD
Board of Trustees President Bernard Erickson.
What a GOOD BANKER should be:
DEDICATED TO
PERSONAE SERVICE
■Bank
BURLESON ONE BLOCK SOUTH Or CITY HALL MEMBER F.CHC
PETERSON
17 Airman Donald F Peterson,
-§on of Virginia L Peterson and
brother of Roberta L Hall, both
of Burleson, has graduated from
Ait Force basic training at Lack-
land Air Force Base, Texas
During the six weeks of train-
ing the airman studied the Air
Force mission, organization and
customs and received special
training in human relations
In addition, airmen who com-
plete basic training earn credits
toward an associate degree
through the Community College
of the Ait Force
He is a 1986 graduate of
Burleson High School
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Basketball
Clinic
lst-8th
Grades
%
Burleson Basketball Association
(Burleson Boys & Girls Club)
Basketball Clinic
from BHS Coaches & Team
Thursday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m.
Burleson High School Gym
Head Coach David Hanebutt and team will demonstrate basket-
ball skills and drills for boys & girls interested in playing bas-
ketball.
Parents, Fans, and Coaches are encouraged to come!
—Support Your Local Basketball Program —
$0793
Ap per month
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month and security deposit plus TT&L down. Option to
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Sunday, Nov. 16 • Saturday, Nov. 22
Burleson • 201 S.W. Wilshire Blvd.
Cleburne ■ 901 W. Henderson
1616 N. Main
Joshua • Hwy. 174
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Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 11, Ed. 1 Monday, November 17, 1986, newspaper, November 17, 1986; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth760952/m1/2/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.