--- Carol Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ... There are ways of doing a deal without putting a
dime of general tax revenues into it. The most
> obvious category is self-generated revenues. To pay
for the Metrodome, there was a 10%
> tax on tickets and a tax on concessions. This money
in fact paid the bonds off early. A sales
> tax on downtown hotel and liquor sales in the
downtown and were levied for
> three years early in the facilities history but
never levied again
[TB] The downtown tax still exists; it has existed
since February 1, 1987. Its current use is to pay for
the convention center. This basically says that for
any of the 25,000 or so of us (basically the
population of 1 ward) who live downtown, when we go to
dinner in our neighborhood we pay an added 3% tax on
dinner and drinks (note to MADD folks: We generally
walk to dinner). This district is so carefully
crafted that it includes everything surrounding but
excludes The Minneapolis Women�s Club, thus if you
have your reception at the Women�s Club you don�t pay
the tax but if you go down the street to 510
Restaurant you pay it.
Can anyone explain to me why the residents of one part
of the city should pay 46% more tax on their dinner
(9.5% vs. 6.5%) than the residents of the rest of the
city?
Terrell Brown
Loring Park
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text
_______________________________________________
Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy
Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more:
http://e-democracy.org/mpls
