If nothing else . . .

the good guys in the Thayer tax hike fight are costing the bad guys some moolah.

New radio spot out today. Says a sales tax is the fairest way to fund an economic developer.

Wrong.

The fairest way is to collect donations from those who WANT an economic developer.

The second fairest way is to cut other spending enough to fund it.

A sales tax takes money from those who have no interest in whether or not Thayer economically develops -- those that already have money, either through jobs, retirement or through welfare. If you've got money, you don't NEED economic development.

The spot also insists the city council has passed a resolution promising to spend the money collected ONLY on economic development.

Could it, or a future council, not rescind that resolution and buy parasols instead?

And has anyone considered that not being so economically developed has it's ADVANTAGES, such as a rather low cost of living?