“There will be a two dollar fee added to your bill. We will take that money and throw it in a burn barrel. Enjoy your stay.”
As discussed in an earlier post, the city council needs all the help they can get on budgeting. And the recent passage of a room tax increase is further proof they need all the help they can get;
A new tax on hotel rooms is supposed to lure visitors to Sioux Falls, but just how that money – more than $1 million next year – will get the job done remains uncertain.
WTF? While I opposed the increase for several other reasons, I certainly didn’t believe that the CVB didn’t already have a plan in place on how to spend the money. Apparently not. Unfckingbelievable. So does that mean any private entity that says they are going to ‘market’ Sioux Falls can come in front of the council and ask for money without having a plan to spend that money?
Has our city government gone stark-raving mad? Seems so. Pretty soon the mayor is going to ask for a cool million to ramrod his secret events center plan . . .