Next up... Mr. Jim Bacon takes a stand for the Taxpayer

Continuing the ramped up opposition to the meals tax, we have Mr. Jim Bacon, from Bacon's Rebellion (well worth a daily visit to see the latest take on Virginia and the region)...

Mr. Bacon's rebellion continues the Taxpayer protest and he outlines why in this week's Style Weekly...

Residents of both Henrico and Chesterfield counties will have the dubious pleasure of voting on a meals tax referendum this fall. In the run-up to the election, voters of both jurisdictions will hear some of the same arguments. Other large, urbanized counties in Virginia have meals taxes, we will be told in an appeal to the idea that misery loves company. Also, we'll hear, a big chunk of the tax revenues will come from people who dine in Henrico and Chesterfield but don't live there. After all, taxes always go down smoother when someone else is paying them.
 

Mr Bacon indirectly spends most of the article praising the presence of the Chesterfield Taxpayer to move the potential pain level of new taxes from outrageous to out-of-sight.  The reason that we are half as good as Henrico is that the elected officials and bureaucrats are only listening with one ear. 

The Taxpayer will continue to turn it up and they might end up with our full attention when it is all said and done.  Vote NO in NOvember in Chesterfield and Henrico! Repeal the meals tax in Richmond!! Listen because the Taxpayer knows... (and Jim Bacon does too!)