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Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Make up your mind

Not sure what the emergency revision to the emergency property tax hike is all about.

One might get the impression that Council members are eager to squeeze residents for as much as they're worth before even considering going after some of these hoteliers since we wouldn't want to do anything to interfere with their magic "job creating" activities at such a crucial moment.

Update:
Turns out they're not protecting hoteliers but are protecting parking lot operators.

The extra mill in property tax would replace a planned increase in the city's excise tax on commercial parking lots and garages. The council had intended to raise that tax but now has decided against that idea. The revenue from 1 mill of property tax would be about the same as the parking tax was expected to generate.

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