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Article: GROWING WINDSOR SERVES AN EXTRA TAX ON FAST FOOD.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 23, 1997
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Byline: LINDA McNATT, STAFF WRITER
WINDSOR -- This small town on busy U.S. Route 460 is planning for growth on a shoestring. Make that a shoestring potato.
The Town Council recently agreed unanimously to add a 4 percent sales tax on prepared foods. That means that burgers and fries at the town's two restaurants - Burger King and Dairy Queen - will cost a little more.
The new tax should bring about $80,000 a year to Windsor's coffers, Town Administrator James L. DeGrand said. And the town, DeGrand said, can use the money.
Like neighboring Smithfield, in northern Isle of Wight County, Windsor is beginning to feel the effects of having a ...