Rights Boy’s good friend Mike Burgher opined on the Destiny sales tax in the DM Register on Saturday. You can read the opinion and comments by other Register readers here.
The unedited version follows.
Practically on a daily basis, The Des Moines Register prints yet another article supporting the Yes to Destiny tax scheme. You people need to move this stuff to the opinion page because it’s not news and by now everyone certainly understands your position on the issue.
I will give the Register credit though for continuing to push Destiny so publicly. Seems like the rest of the Greater Des Moines Tax Partnership has disappeared; sort of like a bunch of weasels hunkered down in their holes. I think they know what’s going to happen on July 10 when Destiny is brutally defeated, and they don’t want to be so publicly associated with it.
It would be interesting to see specifically what the Register gets out of Destiny. How much property tax relief does the newspaper and the others in the Partnership anticipate for themselves? On the other side, it looks like you and the partners are at most marginally affected by a 17% sales tax increase, since none of you make any significant retail purchases.
I know the Register is a private business, but as much as it preaches about open records and transparency and everybody’s right to know, you should set the example - lay your cards on the table and disclose financially what you have to gain from this new tax.
Vote NO to Destiny. Demand more accountability from government.
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