Sales tax receipt checks to Bi-stone cities still look good
Cities and towns in the Bistone area of Limestone and Freestone counties received checks that were mostly in the black, since they reflected February sales by businesses that report tax monthly – before May’s anticipated drop due to March’s coronavirus restrictions and June’s expected cratering of sales receipt returns due to what amounted to the near closure of the economy in April because of the near shelter-in-place orders of many counties, including Limestone and Freestone.