Hammond gets nice tax boost from robust Christmas sales

6 February 2012, 4:41 pm

Doug Mouton / Northshore Bureau Chief HAMMOND, La. -- Christmas sales tax numbers are in and Tangipahoa leaders said Monday, they couldn't be happier. Sales tax revenues went up 6.7 percent in the City of Hammond in December of 2011, as compared to December of 2010. "This was really great for us because what it did was put us a half million dollars over budget in terms of income for the first ...... Read More »

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