If I remember correctly, the increase in the sales tax voted for by the city council to help fund the Student Services Building, Saluki Stadium and renovations of the SIUC Arena expires in 2027. Basic sales tax for Illinois is 6.25% and Carbondale's sales tax is 9.75%, one of the highest in the state. Unless council is lobbied by residents, the council will likely vote to amend the ordinance setting that rate, as it did the last time a portion of the sales tax was set to expire. If you think the sales tax is too high, complaining about it on social media will do little good, unless you also direct your complaint to city council members as they are the ones who will either let it expire or vote to amend the ordinance to keep it in place.
I remember the time these sales tax was mentioned by one of Poshard's representatives in the past and he described the community as "parasites" living off SIUC. Now it is the other way round with boiled water alters posted on the water fountains in Faner, inadequate heating, the University Library desperately in need of funding to repair the mobile shelves in the basement thus hindering sidets trying to cq
ReplyDeleteacquire books, and a CTE also needing funding to hire more student workers to deal with equipment issues rather than expect non-technologically trained faculty to fix the problem themselves. This tax must go, and the Council should start investigating conditions at SIUC instead.
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