Youre projecting 90 2 million of economic [speaker not understood] to the city. Correct. And we can take those results and run them through some basic formulas and provide our estimate for increased city tax revenue. So i submit, mr. Martin has declined them to about 13 million. Thats significant reductions in the transient occupancy tax, significant reduction in payroll tax. And those reductions are larger than the onethird reduction to overall expenditures partly derivative in large part by the number of sipped katz. Greater numbers of syndicates leads to disproportionate increases in the transient occupancy tax as well as payroll taxes paid. ~ the retail taxes have also declined, but back out a third, same as decline in overall expenditures. We have a net decline of about 10 million projected in city revenues. So, just mr. Eagan talked about a 6. 1 increase, Million Dollar increase in hotel tax revenue. It would require a 7 increase in hotel tax over a threemonth period. What is you
Axelrod good evening. Im jim axlerod. This is our western edition of the broadcast. The libyan man snatched near benghazi and suspected in the consulate that killed four americans, including ambassador chris steven, is now on american soil. Under heavy security in washington, d. C. , Ahmed Abu Khatalla made his first appearance in federal court this afternoon and pleaded not guilty to charge of conspiracy to provide support to terrorists. For the last two weeks, khatalla had been held and interrogated on a navy ship before being flown by helicopter into washington this morning. Mark albert begins our coverage. Reporter the entire hearing took just ten minutes in a heavily guarded courthouse blocks from the capitol. Flanked by u. S. Marshals, khatalla appeared in federal court in a dark hooded sweatshirt and dark pants. He was not visibly restrained and raised his right hand to take the oath. Through an interpreter, khatalla said he understood the charge against him, a onecount indictme
Before thanksgiving but it really didnt. It didnt end last week. It has rolled right through the long weekend into today. And it now looks like there is no telling when or if its going to end any time soon. This is the st. Louis galaria mall which is located in richmond heights, missouri. And this is what that mall looked like the day after thanksgiving. This passed friday. On the biggest shopping day of the year. On black friday, the day after thanksgiving, hundreds of protesters marched through that mall, made their way to the third floor of the building and then they laid down. They staged a diein for 4 1 2 minutes. They moved the group down to markt street. In San Francisco, some of those protests did turn violence. Several businesses were vandalized. There were some reports of broken windows, some bottles and rocks thrown. Several arrests made at night in San Francisco on friday. Also, in chicago, about 200 people who marched from the citys magnificent mile shopping district in th
That theres one very big story that you might think ended before thanksgiving but it really didnt. It didnt end last week. It has rolled right through the long weekend into today. And it now looks like there is no telling when or if its going to end any time soon. This is the st. Louis galaria mall which is located in richmond heights, missouri. And this is what that mall looked like the day after thanksgiving. This passed friday. On the biggest shopping day of the year. On black friday, the day after thanksgiving, hundreds of protesters marched through that mall, made their way to the third floor of the building and then they laid down. They staged a diein for 4 1 2 minutes. Lying down on the ground refusing to speak for 4 1 2 minutes, symbolizing the 4 1 2 hours that Michael Browns body layed in the street in ferguson missouri. Demonstrators made their way through that malt. As they walked, some held their hands up. Some people carried signs chanting and urging shoppers to boycott th
I am terrible at fishing. But it worked for me this time even in the snow. Yes, this little guy went right back in after kindly posing for this picture. Im very thankful for his visit to me this weekend. I am thankful to have had a few days off around the thanksgiving holiday. Very thankful. If you got days off, i hope you are thankful, too. If you did get some days off and part of what you did was you dropped out of the news cycle, i should say there is one very big story that you might think ended before thanksgiving but it really didnt. It didnt end last week. It has rolled right through the long weekend into today and now looks like there is no telling when or if its going to end any time soon. This is the st. Louis galleria mall which is located in richmond heights, missouri. And this is what that mall looked like the day after thanksgiving. This past friday on the biggest shopping day of the year. On black friday, hundreds of protesters marched through that mall. Made their way t