Good news for Ennis came from the State Comptroller’s office in Austin, who released sales tax revenue for October. It revealed an increase of 56.4 percent, the best of all cities in Ellis County other than Pecan Hill (pop. 748), which is next to Red Oak.
According to Economic Development Consultant, Joe D. Newman, who served recently as interim EDC Director of Ennis, the figure “is primarily retai…