JLF’s Michael Sanera writes in the Wilmington Star-News
that the 3 percent increase to the hotel occupancy tax to help pay for
the proposed convention center may influence the purchasing decisions
of potential visitors. The increase on the price of hotel rooms,
while not large, represents a larger issue: making hotels subsidize the
convention center, which will have its own hotel. This, Sanera notes, is bad policy. Si Cantwell tries to refute the claim that the increased tax will influence consumer behavior, completely ignoring Sanera’s fundamental objection.
Wilmington’s Convention Center
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