11.03.2007
An Immodest Proposal
© 2007 Stan Spire
During recent debates with local city candidates the topic of a bed tax came up. Apparently some are eying the new hotel to be built down by the lake as a source of new revenue for the city. But the lakeside hotel has dragged on for two years and nothing has been built. Of course, locating a hotel next to the city sewage plant has raised some eyebrows (or should I say twitched a few noses?).
Plattsburgh, NY has never been known for pragmatism. It has never learned to take advantage of what it already has. And when it comes to proposed projects, most are dreams produced from a certain kind of pipe.
Realistically, the best way for the city to charge a bed tax is find the right beds to tax. Legalized prostitution is the answer. It fits well with the nighttime ambience of downtown, the bars, the drugs, the walking wounded who come out when the sun sets. And with rates by the hour instead of by the day (or night), Plattsburgh would be raking in enough money from whoring to fix its sorry ass.
# posted by Stan Spire @ 4:37 AM 
