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It’s not just about the state attempting to collect taxes on cigarettes from non-Indians. Seneca frustration stems from generations of broken treaties, leased-land disputes and claims of eminent domain by the state, said Robert Odawi Porter, a Seneca Nation lawyer who is running for president of the nation.
“Really it goes back to the very beginning,” Porter said. “The state and its officials have engaged in nothing but predatory conduct. It’s just been one continued episode of theft and efforts to terminate us.”
In an advertisement in today’s Buffalo News, a Seneca business group blasts Gov. David A. Paterson and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for their support for collecting the tax.
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The chain now consists of 188 stores, including some branded as Sugar Creek and Wilson Farms Express. Convenience Store News ranked Wilson Farms tied for 44th among chains in the country, based on its number of stores.
More than $23 million of investment has been poured into its stores since the acquisition, benefiting local contractors and building materials suppliers, Nanula said. Wilson Farms generates $400 million to $500 million a year in sales, including sales of gasoline. Cigarettes account for about 25 percent of its typical store’s sales.
While the chain has budgeted for a drop in cigarette sales of about 5 percent to 7 percent on a year-over-year basis since the acquisition, this year’s tax hike produced a much bigger hit, Nanula said. “We obviously never intended to lose 30 to 40 percent of our cigarette sales.”
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“It is a major trickle-down effect to everybody we do business with,” Nanula said.