Christ, the Merc's really got its head up its own ass lately. This thing is a bumbling clusterfuck, from concept to execution. That the servers failed is a pretty clear cut indication that if they wanted to tax us-- they should have added it to property taxes. You know, a system that's already in place and works pretty well. Instead they've wasted god-knows-how-much on this clunky, shitty website that wants to charge me an extra $1 to pay my bill. What the fuck?

I mean, those alone are huge problems. Never mind that it's a poll tax and damned near unenforceable.

So stop blaming the people who "waited until the last minute". It's not their fault. This is a boondoggle in every single aspect. Even the precious children everyone's crowing about will get fucked by this debacle. PPS is already scrambling and Hales is promising money from our city's emergency fund.... what the fuck? Dude needs to man up and squash this fucking thing, or at least do something to mitigate the chaos this stupid thing keeps kicking up.

That 62% of voters "approved" it doesn't amount to shit. It's garbage and it needs to be stopped. I'm not paying it, and I hope it sends a message to Sam, the City Club, and anyone else responsible for this mess. The arts tax must die!

SHENANIGANS!!!

Yeah, the City is refraining from debt collection out of the goodness of its revenue sucking heart. Not because administrative costs are consuming this tax revenue or that its implementation is the epitome of government incompetence.

"But pay anyway, because it's the law."

We'll see about that