Parking lot tax

Offered public outreach suggestions for the proposed parking tax.

Read from a Pine Cone editorial complaining about pervasive taxation, questioned unfunded pension liabilities, and urged cuts to giveaway programs.

Argued the tax is unfair to private lots that operate like city lots and that staff's revenue projection ($372K–$745K) is grossly overstated.

Said her hotel's lot would generate only ~$11,000 for the city, warned the tax mostly hits locals, and pushed for economic development instead.

Noted the short notice and floated a legal workaround — selling parking stickers as a vendor to bypass the tax — urging more thought.

Argued any parking tax should cover public lots too — raising city rates just feeds the parking fund, not the general fund, and it's unfair to private owners.

Said residents need education on which lots are public vs. private, endorsed a resident discount by zip code, and defended the council's stipend history.