County wants state to repay allegedly misspent spaceport tax revenue, cover future costs
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... LAS CRUCES – The county is calling on the state to provide “adequate funding” to operations at Spaceport America and to stop relying on excess gross receipts tax revenue to cover its operational costs. The move comes on the heels of a forensic audit report which accused the spaceport’s former director, Dan Hicks, of misusing tax dollars among other allegations of violating criminal and admi...