Cedar Hill Library, Fire Hall Look For City Bond Construction Money
April 26, 2008
Steve Snyder / Today Newspapers via Pegasus News
Zula B. Wylie Library Director Pat Bonds didn’t want to call it a “competition.”
But the library and the Cedar Hill Fire Department may be competing for capital improvement dollars in the coming fiscal year.
At the first of several workshops April 15, the Cedar Hill City Council began the process of sorting out what capital improvement projects to fund and how.
Unfortunately, the city is about $260,000 short of addressing all of the requests it received, outside of using debt-based money.
The winners from current budget funds are fire station and public works office improvements. Pushed off into bond-based funding is a Cedar Hill Museum of History at the Zula B. Wylie Library, along with expansion of the library itself.
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Marchant Warns Taxpayers to Beware of Scams During Filing Season
April 3, 2008
IRVING, TX – U.S. Congressman Kenny Marchant (TX-24) has advised residents of District 24 to beware of e-mail and telephone scams currently targeting individuals anticipating standard refunds or one-time rebates.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a warning to consumers to be on the look-out for scams that use the IRS name and claim to provide advanced payments. Those who commit scams often do so electronically in order to cover their tracks before the victim becomes aware of the theft.
The most recent scams the IRS is warning taxpayers to be aware of are described below:
Rebate Phone Call
At least one scheme using the word “rebate” as part of the lure has been identified. In that scam, consumers receive a phone call from someone identifying himself as an IRS employee. The caller tells the targeted victim that he is eligible for a sizable rebate for filing his taxes early. The caller then states that he needs the target’s bank account information for the direct deposit of the rebate. If the target refuses, he is told that he cannot receive the rebate.
This phone call is a scam. No legislation has yet been enacted that would allow the IRS to provide advance payments to taxpayers or that determines the details of those payments. Moreover, the IRS does not force taxpayers to use direct deposit. Those who opt for direct deposit do so by completing the appropriate section of their tax return, with bank routing and account information, when they file; the IRS does not gather the information by telephone. Read more
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