Sales Tax Receipts Down In North Texas

As expected, year-to-date numbers released on Friday are not good for Plano, Fort Worth, Dallas, Irving, and Mesquite. Arlington (thank you, Cowboys) and Frisco are hanging in there, i.e., their numbers are not as bad as everyone else’s.  At least they haven’t hit the double digits. Harvey Kronberg over at the Quorum Report [sub. req.] notes that the Gulf cities are doing better due to Hurricane Ike reconstruction.