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Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

NineInchNachos — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:04 -0700

twisty your comments are like golden sunshine. Yo ho! More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

Twisty — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:39:26 -0700

What we have here is a very clear example of government over-reach. It's not the city's job to worry about the comings and goings of individual businesses. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

NineInchNachos — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:18:48 -0700

amen! More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

fredo — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:47:23 -0700

Erik@ No one wants FR to leave Tacoma. However, the city should not use the tax code to reward well-connected corporations and to penalize small mom-and-pops. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

Erik — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:41:58 -0700

If the City of Tacoma fails in keeping Russell in Tacoma, Tacoma is going to experience a minor version of "Roger and Me" as they did in Flint, Michigan. http://www.youtube.com/watch? More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

fredo — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:29:38 -0700

City tax revenue is down, down, down. Yet tax giveaways for FR are moving steadily forward. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

escaping slave — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:42:53 -0700

Why wait for the government to give you anything, especially a tax break. Why not just take it? More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

Twisty — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:31:45 -0700

Here's a novel idea: let's get rid of B&O and replace it with a municipal income tax. That way, the city's fortunes rise and fall with those of its citizens, and there is a genuine incentive for the government to actually drive personal growth instead of punishing business owners. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

fredo — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:18:06 -0700

Ten weeks has passed and FR still hasn't indicated if they want to stay in Tacoma or not. Apparently, if they stay on the sidelines long enough their patience will be generously rewarded. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

beerandhotdogs — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:39:52 -0700

I do not heart the B&O Tax. C@TRH More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

fredo — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:55:56 -0700

Thanks for providing these links, Erik. The proposals cited appear to be 2 years old so apparently the City Manager didn't have the control and command of the city that Ray Corpuz had. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

Erik — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:14:02 -0700

One of the ways Anderson intended to do it would be to impose a "user fee" for services instead based on some criteria. Anderson proposed eliminating the tax exemptions for real and personal property for "non-profits." This would have spread the around to a great number of entities. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

fredo — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:58:44 -0700

Erik, I didn't see any documents below, but I'll take your word for it and will stand corrected. Thanks for your valuable insight. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

Erik — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:47:12 -0700

Regarding the comment that Eric Anderson would agree that the B - O tax should be abolished, I haven't heard any indication of that. Read the below documents Fredo from the Service Tax Task Force. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

fredo — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:48:08 -0700

I forgot to mention that the Frank Russell Company has more money than God himself! Maybe if they were a professional sports team the subsidy would make more sense. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

KevinFreitas — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:57:11 -0700

Well, when we look at a local business like Commencement Bay who, tho they may not have taken care of their house well enough to deserve these fines, it's a shame that so much attention is being thrust upon Russell. Hell, take couple million of that a year to add to help for small or even medium sized businesses in town and my bet is the business climate would fair better overall. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

Erik — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:52:24 -0700

If the city really wants to improve the climate for business in Tacoma, how about abolishing the B O tax for everyone? I think that makes sense from a business and environmental standpoint. More »

Tacoma's Growth & Development | $65M available for Russell, nothing for Tacoma's small businesses.

fredo — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:43:39 -0700

Once again the city of Tacoma, which never has any funds to pay for maintenance, has magically found an enormous sum of money to help out the Frank Russell Company. The items to be funded are too numerous to go into here but especially nervy is the decision to stop charging Frank Russell a B & O tax which all the other businesses in town are required to pay. More »