Great article
https://www.inforum.com/news/fargo/s...back-to-voters
It wont be a June vote because the survey is taking too long. Lots of info here to unpack
Great article
https://www.inforum.com/news/fargo/s...back-to-voters
It wont be a June vote because the survey is taking too long. Lots of info here to unpack
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Probably for the best. Kind of a rush to get a June vote. Need to be very, very strategic and leave no stone unturned.
Great to hear they are still working to get this passed. Its not like the dome is getting younger. I hope the plan is now is to just have the dome remodel without the convention center. Always thought this should have been a 2 part plan. I think anyone who has been inside the dome realize the need for it to be upgraded. Put on the ballot just dome renovation, no convention center, and just the lodging tax combined with the Fargodome’s contribution. That I think would get 60% approval.
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The lodging tax can't be used solely on the dome. Only a new structure to attract tourism and goes into a special fund to pay a bond.
I just read the home charter and it says nothing about a lodging tax requiring 60%. It says a sales tax or use tax requires a 60% vote. Isn't a use tax is a fee collected when sales tax is NOT collected?
If that's true, it may not need a vote at all.
Edit. I think I was wrong. State law defines use tax
HOME CHARTER
Amendment #2 - No city sales and/or use tax shall be imposed unless the question of imposing such a sales and/or use tax has been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the City of Fargo, North Dakota, and has been approved by sixty (60) percent of such electors voting on such question.
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And even though all of us should know that a lodging tax is paid for by hotels, I had read COMMENTS by some people (pre Dec 5th vote) that think the lodging tax is to be borne by citizens.
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I agree but sprawl has already happened there. Sports Complex, NDSCS Career Center, and the Capstone Academy. Plus 2 large apartments and a few commercial projects. The next public school is going out there too
Walmart is lame but Suite Shots is only a few blocks from it. Not in the middle of nowhere
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I really hope they are smart about their plan this time. Listening to Izzo's interview of Rob from a couple weeks ago didn't exactly install confidence that they will get this figured out. The guy has no vision on what the Fargodome could be. He might be a great manager but man, we are up against a wall here and he needs to be able to sale this. The people I knew who voted no did so because it was lipstick on a pig. A larger concourse and new press box doesn't set up the Dome for the next 35 years and really does next to nothing to help NDSU transition to FBS. The convention center was the clencher.