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Tribe seizes cigarettes from store

Ellen Thompson

Havre Daily News

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Rocky Boy tribal police have confiscated cigarettes from the reservation's only private seller, who has refused to pay the tribe's new 55-cent tobacco tax.

"I'm not going to pay the tax because it was passed illegally in the first place," Village Grocery owner Debbie St. Pierre said. "Once they put me out of business, they have no competition at all. They can charge whatever they want."

St. Pierre, who is a member of the Rocky Boy school board, said she plans to fight the tax in fe...

 

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