New sales tax numbers are out. Lampasas UP 14.3% compared to last September. Yipeee!
But for the entire state of Texas, sales tax numbers were UP 17.2%. D’oh!
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We still trail the state. Surrounding “towns” like Kempner (+22.5%) and Hamilton (+19.5%) saw growth well above state average and crushed our nuts. I guess they have REALLY good Economic Development Corporations or something. If Kempner didn’t pussy out and come down hard on the coffee/bikini cafe some guy wanted to open, they’d probably see huge growth for two years!