Boulder City Council decided to continue the freebie tax last night . I’d call this the “death of common sense” but that happened a long time ago in this distinctively liberal bastion. No doubt, it’s all about the money…
Councilman Macon Cowles said at first he thought the tax was “terribly silly,” but he’s changed his mind after learning the city would lose hundreds of thousands of dollars annually if it went away.
“I can now tell (people opposed to the tax) that this ‘latte tax,’ about 3 cents on a $2 latte, puts a police officer on the streets,” Cowles said.
So no matter how unfair or idiotic a tax is, we can’t get rid of it if it costs the City money?
So no matter how unfair or idiotic a tax is, we can’t get rid of it if it’s not a “big deal”?
“I understand why people are annoyed, but we’ve been doing this for … years,” Councilman Matt Appelbaum said. “It’s a little hard to see this as a huge issue.”
