Subscriber Comments for
TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX UP 7.5% IN AUGUST

Comments in order of when they were received | (reverse order)

COMMENT 320139P	2012-09-14 05:36 PM
Excellent - - wonder what per cent of these revenues are from vacation rental of homes, cottages, and rooms.
COMMENT 320148	2012-09-14 05:47 PM
How about just a plain transient tax. Have the police approach each transient, confiscate, oh let's say 75% of however much cash they have, figuring the majority will already have been spent on alcohol/tobacco/other drugs. Make the rounds daily, hand out receipts, so they aren't double- or triple- taxed (like most of the rest of us). I know it is after happy hour, but hat would make me happy.
COMMENT 320139P	2012-09-14 05:50 PM
Remember, we are all transients here.
COMMENT 320154	2012-09-14 05:58 PM
Gosh, that IS so GREAT! Now Helene Schnieder and Grant House can continue to give our tax dollars to all the "chronic homeless" (vagrants) that are sent here from Oklahoma City, Austin Tx, Medford Or, Kansas City Mo, Glendale, Burbank, etc... Maybe some MORE handouts to the Santa Barbara Housing Authority (Social services out of control). It is truly amazing how much of our tax dollars, in a City of only 90,000 go to feed the social service MACHINE- Social workers, housing authority employees, subidized housing, homeless shelters, feeding, medical costs at ER's, the list goes on and on....
COMMENT 320185P	2012-09-14 07:40 PM
320154 - do you have a link where I can verify your claims. Thanks.
COMMENT 320282	2012-09-15 07:11 AM
Yeah I am for a 'tax on transient homeless tourists' too! Why can they set up 'business' on state street for free while my mom and pop business is not only charged for a business license, but also taxed on a percentage of every dollar I try to earn? Tax 'em, if they can't pay, fine 'em, if they can't pay that, ship 'em back where they came from.

50% of comments on this page were made by Edhat Community Members.

EDHAT COMMENTS POLICY