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New Colorado city struggling to collect taxes, pay bills. (News Briefs).(Centennial, Colorado)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

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Struggling to collect sales tax revenue, recently incorporated Centennial, Colorado, may seek to delay a payment for county services. In exchange for law enforcement, public works, animal control, and liquor licensing services, Centennial agreed to pay Arapahoe County a total of $23.5 million in 2002. However, the city is facing a serious revenue shortfall. Confused as to whether they lie inside or outside of the city's zigzag borders, more than half of the businesses in Centennial are not collecting ...

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