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Delphi tried, but the skids were greased. A couple of tax bills routed by Speaker Petrus away from the Revenue and Taxation Committee to the agri committee zipped through that august body like you-know-what-through a goose. And the comparison is apt for these stinkers -- a huge tax break for purchases of off-road diesel and a tax credit for chicken litter haulers.

Posted by Max Brantley on January 31, 2007 03:38 PM |

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Sounds like it's gonna be a rough few years for you city slickers. Rural Arkansas rules.

(And I'm not necessarily saying that's a good thing. Is there any way to stop this kind of thing?)

Posted by: Spirit [TypeKey Profile Page] | January 31, 2007 04:02 PM

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