So the senate can't decide what it wants to do about the DECC and other's project's. Just one day after the senate decided not pass the DECC expansion tax they then turn around and pass to allow the tax.
Is this a false hope for the DECC or is it a step in the "right" direction?
Based on the way our local reps have been working so hard for this project. I can't but help think it is false hope for the DECC expansion.
A tax bill that includes provisions allowing Duluth to add 0.75 percentage points to its bar and restaurant sales tax passed the Minnesota Senate on Thursday, a day after it was defeated.
The legislation allows the City Council to impose the tax, which would bring the total sales tax on food and drinks in bars and restaurants to 9.75 percent.
The city plans to use money from the tax increase to pay its share of a proposed $67.4 million
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center expansion.
The turn of events in the Senate offers a glimmer of hope for the proposed DECC expansion, which hasn't had an easy time at the Legislature.
Also in the bill are provisions allowing sales tax increases for the cities of Hermantown, Cloquet and Ely.
The 37-30 vote came a day after the Senate voted the bill down, 35-32. The bill's authors got the support they needed by stripping provisions to increase state taxes on commercial and industrial properties.
Read the whole article at here, http://duluthnews.com
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