The Guilford County Commissioners are contemplating an incentives plan that will provide for tax abatement for businesses that add value to real estate by building, adding or remodeling. The News & Record's Gerald Witt characterizes this patronage of the construction industry as an incentive for "nearly any business in the county."
It is not. If you rent your place of business, a program that offers tax abatements for improvements to property you do not own is not an incentive for you. "Nearly any business?" Hardly. My guess would be, in fact, a minority of businesses.
Hmm. If all the commissioners who have a conflict of interest on this issue sit any vote out as they should, will there be enough votes left for a quorum?
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