Lodging Tax - It's Time Has Come

At the last meeting, T.R. Pierce and Liz Brimmer made the case for the lodging tax. In brief, the tax is needed to offset visitor impacts. Sales taxes are down, and this is a sorely needed source of replacement revenue. One of the primary beneficiaries of the tax revenues would be JH Air, which subsidizes airline seats into and out of the valley. In arguing that growth is good, T.R. made the excellent point that of the 200 people in the room, only 3 were born in Jackson Hole... Betty Terril and Pete Karns would be pretty lonely here without us!