Last week during the Baxter County Quorum Court meeting, the court passed a resolution to spend $16,000 on helping clear land on the site of the new Aldi store where the former El Chico restaurant once was located in Mountain Home. The vote was 8-2 with justices Bob Nault and Eric Payne voting against the measure.
Payne says he voted no because he doesn’t believe government should be involved in private business.
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Nault says he believes the county has other needs for the money.
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Payne says he and his constituents don’t feel it’s fair to the existing grocery stores in the county.
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Nault says most of the people who elected him were against spending the money.
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Payne says he doesn’t believe the Twin Lakes Area should have to pay businesses to come here.
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The Baxter County Economic Development Committee, a subcommittee of the quorum court, had approved the request and taken the proposal to the full court last Tuesday night for a vote.
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