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Group battles taxes backing education

Friday, Aug. 20, 1999 | 3:36 a.m.

The Southern Nevada Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors has joined a group of business organizations fighting tax proposals that would finance education.

The 250-member group of construction-related businesses has joined the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, the Nevada Taxpayers Association and the Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce to lobby against a 5 percent business profits tax proposed by educators and a gaming tax increase proposed by Sen. Joe Neal, D-North Las Vegas.

Chapter president Bill Decker said the organization supports education, but not the tax mechanisms that have been proposed to finance it.

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