CARBONDALE — Proponents and opponents of the Village at Crystal River (VCR) development are wrangling over projected sales and sales-tax figures for the project.
Proponents of the VCR say they have consistently used projections that have long been available to the town’s Board of Trustees and the public.
The group in opposition, on the other hand, maintains that the project supporters recently changed their numbers, only after opponents declared that the projections used up until then were inflated and unrealistic.
“The fact that [developer Rich] Schierburg is revising sales tax numbers at this late date in the election raises questions about the veracity of his numbers,” declared Allyn Harvey, a member of the Locals for Smarter Growth, a group that opposes the VCR.
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