I told y'all to go vote last year... didn't I? Didn't I?!! SMH
https://yogreensboro.com/
“Who is ‘we’?” asked District 1 representative Sharon Hightower of Mayor Nancy Vaughan at the June 20 meeting of Greensboro City Council.
The question came after Vaughan read aloud a prepared statement about pursuing “additional funding streams” to finance the Greensboro Coliseum and Tanger Center. While it was not the focus of her statement, the mayor acknowledged that one such “funding stream” could be a prepared food tax on all meals served in Greensboro restaurants.
“Can I ask you a quick question?” interjected Hightower when Vaughan attempted to move on to the next agenda item. “You brought up a prepared food tax, and you interspersed that in your statement. Is that something you’re anticipating trying to accomplish here?”
“Well, as I said in this statement,” replied Vaughan, “we are still looking at it. We are trying to get good information. We want to make sure we have good plan that answers all questions.”
Which is when Hightower asked who the mayor meant by “we.”
And then on top of that, the restaurateurs don't even want it...
"Vaughan said the town of Cary is building a new tennis facility that will compete for tournaments now held at Greensboro’s Spencer Love Tennis Center.
“We are going head-to-head not only nationally, but … with these other cities in North Carolina that have a revenue stream that we do not,” she said.
"However, in a June 26 letter to Vaughan from the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association, the group lobbied against the proposed tax.
Association President and CEO Lynn Minges pointed out that restaurants have needed to raise their prices because of increased labor and food costs. Noting that these businesses are just coming back from the devastating effects of the pandemic, “an increased tax on your citizens and restaurant customers would hurt both consumers and food service establishments at a time when they can least afford it,” Minges wrote.
Minges suggested the city consider “user fees” instead"- News & Record
https://greensboro.com/news/local/me...5fbd3a0b9.html
Apparently the invite to local restaurateurs to discuss this was sent from a third party email not affiliated with the city as well.
What's goin on here?!! There's steam picking up for a recall in the mayor's race, btw.
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