The Blob is coming your way …
At least if you live in Mission, KS there is a new tax coming your way. And we all know how local government works, if one city has a tax everyone will want it.
Mission homeowners and businesses are going to pay for roads in a new way that officials believe breaks ground in the Midwest.
Instead of relying on sales and property taxes for roads, the city will start charging fees based on how much traffic properties produce.
The City Council on Wednesday night approved a new fee charging every homeowner $72 a year and small businesses $3,558 a year beginning in December.
Larger businesses that generate lots of traffic, such as Mission Bank, could pay $5,659 a year. A drive-thru fast food restaurant could pay $12,200 a year. Target could pay as much as $64,750 annually.
City officials and some local experts believe the fee, sometimes called a “driveway tax,” would be the first in Kansas and possibly in the entire Midwest.
Evidently this started in Oregon and is moving eastward.
It reminds me of the old movie The Blob, devouring everything in its path.
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