Now why put "Necessary" in quotes like that, Dirk? Don't embarrass Charlie. The Mercury agrees that the business community should pay whatever Charlie thinks they should, right? "Whatever Charlie wants...Charlie gets..." (reminds me of a catchy old showtune)
Can we just raise the Business Tax to 3.0% and ditch the street fee? Dedicate 0.5% to streets. I own a business, I'll pay, and FFS, the businesses in this town need to do a bit more.
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Also it's all nice that these 3 items are in their own pie chart but I would love to see it contextualized in the full pie.