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Update: Alexandria, VA council delays payday lending action

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments

From the Alexandria Gazette:
THE NEW TAXES and fees created about $18 million in new revenue, and Hartmann’s cost-saving measures created about $2.3 million in spending reductions. Yet one potential new source of revenue was delayed Monday night. Councilman Justin Wilson’s proposal to raise taxes on payday lenders and car-title lenders, which he called “predatory lending […]

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