Springfield city leaders aim get lodging tax increase back in front of voters this Spring:
The future of a new Springfield convention center is still being considered.
Last November, voters shot down a 3-percent hotel-motel tax increase. Now, the city is hoping to provide the information needed to present the issue again to voters on the April ballot.
Because it was not a yes, clearly the voters meant maybe.
I’m not going to go into my litany of reasons to oppose pretty much any tax money to fund convention center money sinkholes, but I have seen this over and over again.
Note that one of the “city leaders” quoted is the “city manager” which is a hired position, and not an elected position. So not only is he unaccountable to the voters directly, but Springfield might only be a stepping stone in his career. And bringing home a convention center despite opposition–boy, what a great bullet point on the ol’ resume.
