Cigarette Tax Protest Planned at Yahoo
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LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) – A big day for Lockport Monday could also see some big protests.
Governor Paterson and Senator Charles Schumer will be in town Monday for the opening of Yahoo’s long-awaited data center.
But they’ll be met by Tuscarora and Seneca nation members protesting the state’s attempt to collect taxes on cigarettes sold on reservations.
A federal judge’s ruling has blocked those taxes until at least next month.
They should protest, NY has no right to tax these people.
The Seneca Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy is a soverign nation. HONOR INDIAN TREATIES!