The bright side is that you'll get more free starlight concerts this year!
JR Ewing said:
Isn't the Hotel Occupancy Tax supposed to be used for things like roadways? Travelers to hotels use our roads when they come into town. Why should the burden be placed on local citizens? What have they used the HOT tax for? Is it just accumulating until they find a purpose for it? I'd like to know more about this. Also, if they would quit spending our tax dollars on freeway entrances and exits which cause accidents, then we would be much further along as a community. (Correction: a previous mistake on my part-the freeways were a product of TXDOT, not CofCS, so my bad). This was poorly done, as it was passed in November by council members who were on their way out...
texaggie2009 said:
Unfortunately no, the use of occupancy taxes are very restricted by state law. Expenditures must fit into a handful of categories, and street projects are not one of them.