Fenty Proposes Ballpark Tax Shift
‘here’s a question for you two…’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a Hamburger today, is what J. Wellington Wimpy from Popeye always said. Apparently now, Mayor Fenty wants to take Wimpy’s route, and use $50M from the Ballpark Tax toward the General Fund for the city over the next four years. The Ballpark Tax is charged to DC’s large and medium businesses as a way of financing the stadium’s purchase, and now those same medium and large businesses aren’t happy to see that money being diverted back to city coffers during the crisis.
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3 Responses to “Fenty Proposes Ballpark Tax Shift”
July 27th, 2009 at 10:57 am
I believe the Popeye character’s name is J. Wellington Wimpy.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Yes. Blimpie = sandwich shop. Wimpy = guy from Popeye.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Dammit! You are so right. Changing it now.