Council puts lodging tax issue on ballot

Monday, November 22, 2010

The Jefferson City Council voted unanimously in a special meeting Monday night to place a 4-cent increase of the city’s lodging tax on the February 2011 ballot.

The current lodging tax is set at 3 cents. The state Legislature approved a bill this spring that would allow cities to raise their lodging taxes as high as 7 cents.

The increase is intended to fund the construction of a conference center and a parking garage, which will accompany a privately-built hotel adjacent to the two structures.

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JCLifer 2 years, 6 months ago

Crazy.

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JCsleeper 2 years, 4 months ago

Nuh-uh. Gotta refund my piece of the $800K ambulance/public safety they made off with a couple of years ago before they ever get my vote for ANY kind of tax increase in the future. Putting a tax of tax increase on someone else is usually an indicator that we're next.

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JCLifer 2 years, 4 months ago

Do they listen to anyone else besides the card-shop girl or the old man who owns the bank?

Now we have to pay for an expensive election for this nonsense too?

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