Looking at tax revenues from April in Alexander City, one might think it was peak lake season — far from a pandemic shutdown.
Although the collection of sales tax was down across the state 12.36% for April when looking at last year, collection in Alexander City was up 15.49%. Officials said that can be attributed to Lake Martin.
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