COLUMBIA — In October 2011, a half-cent sales tax was put in place at the Central Missouri Events Center, formerly known as the Boone County Fairgrounds, to generate money to pay for maintenance of a property plagued by leaky roofs, piles of horse manure and jagged stable floors.
Boone County fairgrounds tax is minimal compared with cost of maintenance
Sunday, March 17, 2013 | 6:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 9:17 p.m. CDT, Sunday, March 17, 2013
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