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ISLAND CITY â The COVID-19 pandemic will not sideline Shelter From the Stormâs popular and long-running Soup Supper fundraiser this spring.
Shelter From the Stormâs Soup Supper has been conducted annually for about three decades, and this yearâs event will operate with a twist to allow for social distancing.
âWe wanted to honor the tradition,â said Jamie Landa, executive director of Shelter From the Storm, a nonprofit that provides services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.
In past years, Soup Supper participants picked up donated handmade bowls at the event, enjoyed a dinner there, and then took their bowls home. This year, the supper will not serve any soup because of social distancing restrictions. However, donors still will receive bowls and meals.
The House Revenue Committee was again disinterested in new taxes last week as it voted down a real estate transfer tax, and an expansion of the sales tax from goods to services.
Teton County legislators supported the real estate tax. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort lobbied against the sales tax expansion.
Rep. Cathy Connolly, D-Albany, was the lead sponsor on the sales tax bill. Pointing to a report on Wyomingâs estimated âtax capacityâ â the ability to increase taxes while remaining competitive business-wise â she argued that Wyoming has plenty of âcapacity.â
âWe have a reputation for being business friendly â no two ways about it. Our taxes are part of that,â Connolly said. âBut what these studies indicate over and over and over again is that we can increase our taxes and still remain competitive. We have that capacity.â