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On the Street: should the City have raised the room or meals tax rate?

BARBARA COLEMAN   The extra funds could have helped out the city, but, for the one's with a fixed income, it would be bad.

BARBARA COLEMAN The extra funds could have helped out the city, but, for the ones with a fixed income, it would be bad.

ANDREW BOOKER   It wouldn't have bothered me because I'm working. But, some on fixed incomes, it could have hurt.

ANDREW BOOKER It wouldn’t have bothered me because I’m working. But, some on fixed incomes, it could have hurt.

AGNES FLEMING   I think it would have been OK to raise it. It wasn't that much.

AGNES FLEMING I think it would have been OK to raise it. It wasn’t that much.

ARLENE McGABIN   They should have increased the rate. The money could have been used to improve projects.

ARLENE McGABIN They should have increased the rate. The money could have been used to improve projects.

RICHARD TRASK   If it wasn't an overwhelming amount, I think they (council) should have passed it.

RICHARD TRASK If it wasn’t an overwhelming amount, I think they (council) should have passed it.

HANNAH NEWELL   I don't think there was a need to raise the rate.

HANNAH NEWELL I don’t think there was a need to raise the rate.

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