More revenue numbers

I spent entirely too much time today messing with trying to get these numbers right. Had trouble getting them from the Dept. of Revenue material to the blog. YES, I copied and pasted from the Dept of Revenue.
The numbers below show how much money Arkansas City received each month from sales tax from the state. I think the other two groups of numbers pretty well explain themselves.
I just put these up to show that maybe we are not in as dire of a condition as we thought. I know we are in a recession, but sometimes the media creates fear where there doesn't have to be.


2009
April $106,518.09
March $142,307.68
Feb. $115,599.97
Jan. $151,104.03
2008
Dec. $116,592.33
Nov. $121,832.09
Oct $132,593.93
Sept $132,253.40
August $143,690.30
July $119,227.86
June $120,198.84
May $131,298.09
April $110,815.22
March $125,820.67
Feb. $145,638.30
Jan. $123,307.74
2007
Dec. $125,561.22
Nov. $109,513.59
Oct. $141,425.19
Sept. $119,156.57
Aug. $130,415.67
July $121,572.02
June $115,964.09
May $134,198.78
April $118,243.10

Jan – April 08 Jan – April 09
Cowley County
$600,929.53 $614,779.86
Arkansas City
$505,581.93 $515,529.77

Sales Tax distributed by year for Arkansas City

2008 $1,523,269.16
2007 $1,492,930.10
2006 $1,445,591.27
2005 $ 1,335,798.82
2004 $ 1,323,087.09
2003 $1,286,069.51
2002 $1,401,598.06
2001 $ 1,349,976.60
2000 $1,325,214.22