When I was doin' my number on the County Board, I didn't go for keeping all the
airport taxes and fees in the airport fund. I simply pointed out the number of
transient aircraft we had per year, made a reasonable calculation of how many of
them stayed overnight, factored in the "bed tax" we have for local motels, and
made my case that THIS amount should be funneled into the airport fund.

Nobody did any checking to notice that this amount was roughly DOUBLE the amount
of taxes that were collected.


SSHHHHH...don't nobody say nuthin'. That budget item is still on the books up
here.

{;-)


Jim



Orval Fairbairn
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-The county pays for operations off the fees collected; they pocket all
-the personal property taxes, possessory interest taxes (equivalent to
-real estate tax on your hangar or tiedown spot) and their share of sales
-taxes.
-
-Then to add insult to injury, they credit NONE of those taxes to the
-airports and claim that they are "subsidizing" the airports!
-Incidentally, the taxes collected equal or exceed the amount collected
-in feess.

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com