COLUMBIA — Fearing that participation in the state's Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday would push the city of Columbia even further into the red, the City Council voted unanimously Monday night not to participate.
Council opts out of Energy Star sales tax holiday
Fears the Show Me Green sales tax holiday would put city, county deeper in red
Monday, February 2, 2009 | 10:52 p.m. CST;
updated 12:01 a.m. CST, Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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