In Albany, 2015 may turn out to be the “Year of he Rain Tax.” At least it looks to me as though the city staff is preparing the council to accept the need for more money to deal with runoff during storms. “Rain tax” is my shorthand for some kind of funding mechanism that would pay for […]
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Tags: "rain tax", Albany City Council, Albany storm water, storm water utility
Tags: "rain tax", Albany City Council, Albany storm water, storm water utility
Rain tax won’t be called that
The faint gurgling you hear in the video will soon, in Albany, be the sound of money draining away. Because whether you call it that or not, it’s clear that what the city government is planning is a rain tax by another name.
Tags: "rain tax", storm water utility, stormwater utility