Now think about sales tax, hotel tax, liquor tax, money spent on food, renting the conference center and rooms, money spent in the local restaurants and other stores, the city made quite a bit of clean money. I think the figure I heard that Comcast spent for the conference was over $100,000. Take in account all the taxes that goes along with that, factor in water and electricity used, that turns into a large chunk of change for the city in just three days. Would you rather all that money go elsewhere?
Oh BY NO MEANS AT ALL! The SHOALS HAS to keep the place booked to pay for the 20 million dollar bond issue that the taxpayers of THIS area are paying 2 cents per gallon for! LIKE I SAID: THANKS FOR THE CONVENTION COMONOPOLY, but HOW ABOUT A DECENT RATE? I still say, throwing a bone! LOL THE DOG