re: How many of you attend your local city hall meetings?

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But you better believe that if somebody's buddy has an idea and they can help them out on the taxpayer's dime, then it's going to happen.

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The problem with the whole taxes thing is we don’t have a sales tax in our state. My city just announced over the summer as being designated a “resort town,” even though there is nothing “resorty” here other than being the gateway to Glacier.

Whitefish has had a resort tax of 3% for years and now we have one in my city. Locals aren’t terribly happy about it, but we get a break on property which is nice. I’m tired of tourists coming here, using our roads and facilities, and not paying for it via a tax. Not everyone visiting stays in hotels, VRBOs or air bnbs... campers get away with paying nothing.