Showing posts with label Raytown Wants More Sales Tax. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Raytown Wants More Sales Tax. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Raytown Wants More Sales Tax



Politicians rule who flunked basic Clue 101 when it comes about discussing new taxes these days.


You know- those elected officials (who's to blame there?) who hand out corporate welfare in the form of TIFs and other so-called "economic engines?"

The blog Raytown Report has the goods on such politicians who rule the roost in this west-central Jackson county MO community.

There- the Board of Alder(persons?) who with one hand gave generous TIFs to WalMart and HyVee- want to increase the sales tax- a percentage of which the People of Raytown would never see.
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