If you're heading out to eat around Durham, be on the lookout for these notable blue signs protesting the county's proposed 1-percent foods tax.
The blue "No Food Tax" signs, like this one seen in the window of Fishmonger's Restaurant and Oyster Bar, refer viewers to this Web site.
Voters will be given the opportunity Nov. 4 to decide whether the county levies the tax, which would apply to prepared food and beverages at restaurants and some items at grocery stores. Read more in a Jim Wise story here.
(Fishmonger's owner Gary Bass is out of town and unavailable for comment.)
Comments
Serously?
Mon, 11/16/2009 - 15:59 — alangstonTax on prepared food really? That's just what we need.
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It seems to me that this tax
Mon, 11/09/2009 - 12:19 — geremyIt seems to me that this tax is the subject of some marketing movements from the local restaurant owners, they use the blue sign holders as a way to improve sales.
Clarification
Thu, 10/02/2008 - 10:23 — samihakhanna (author)It is a tax on prepared food, not food in general. It will affect only those who eat at restaurants, but there are also some prepared foods at the grocery store that would be subject to the prepared foods tax.
I suppose people have been calling it different terms (from the commissioners themselves to bloggers, etc.) - the meals tax, the prepared foods tax, and food tax for short. But these all refer to the same legislation (called the Meals Tax on the bill) that gives voters a chance to weigh in Nov. 4.
Food Tax???
Wed, 10/01/2008 - 21:12 — Anonymous (not verified)Is it "the county's proposed 1-percent foods tax?" I thought that it was a tax on resturant food, called prepared food. I would be opposed to a "food tax" but a tax on "food eaten out" would not bother me. Just which one is it.