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Please tell me you were misquoted Mayor Kemper [Jul 27, 2006]
Here's an article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the TDD tax that will again be on the ballot Aug 8th for you lucky few that live in the district. P-D story
Troy's own Mayor Kemper has an interesting line about how this way the people inside the district will be paying for roads that they will benefit the most from. Was he misquoted or does he not realize this is a sales tax?
It means that for every dollar you spend in the tax district, you need to tack on an extra cent to the 7.75 cents already required in taxes. Walmart or Mcdonald's isn't going to be forced to pay an extra cent for each dollar you spend there.
Considering that the writer also talks about a plaza in Troy that includes a lumber yard and numerous grocery stores and fast food restaurants my guess is that he might not even know where Troy is. So, just maybe the mayor was misquoted. I'll find out and report back.
Troy's own Mayor Kemper has an interesting line about how this way the people inside the district will be paying for roads that they will benefit the most from. Was he misquoted or does he not realize this is a sales tax?
It means that for every dollar you spend in the tax district, you need to tack on an extra cent to the 7.75 cents already required in taxes. Walmart or Mcdonald's isn't going to be forced to pay an extra cent for each dollar you spend there.
Considering that the writer also talks about a plaza in Troy that includes a lumber yard and numerous grocery stores and fast food restaurants my guess is that he might not even know where Troy is. So, just maybe the mayor was misquoted. I'll find out and report back.
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