Business Licenses Nixed by City Council
The Port Angeles City Council voted 6 to 1 (Max Mania was the opposing vote) to cancel the idea of requiring all Port Angeles businesses to purchase a business license. The Council had been considering a license fee somewhere between $30 and $50.
Mike Miller, owner of ASM Signs, presented a petition signed by 72 Port Angeles business owners who were opposed to the license requirement. He said:
"We're just fighting to be alive."
The City Council's reasoning was that the license requirement would create a directory of all businesses in Port Angeles.
Mike Miller, owner of ASM Signs, presented a petition signed by 72 Port Angeles business owners who were opposed to the license requirement. He said:
"We're just fighting to be alive."
The City Council's reasoning was that the license requirement would create a directory of all businesses in Port Angeles.
posted by Tom Harper at 11:37 AM
13 Comments:
Tom, for the sake of clarity...All the City Council was going to do was hear some ideas from staff about business licenses. After instructing staff to prepare information to present to Council, the Council decided to not even listen to the information. This was most certainly not a vote against business licenses - it was a vote against hearing information.
"...it was a vote against hearing information."
Now that's the kind of representative government the reflects the average American voter.
Anonymous at 12:10 is absolutely right. And I'm proud of Max Mania for opposing this -- he really may be the only City Council member who's actually listening.
Personally, I think if some businesses need a license, they all should. It's a small fee, and it would be fairer than just licensing some.
Oh, but wait, I forgot -- fairness doesn't enter into it anymore, if it ever did.
Well hell, if I don't need a business license to operate in this town maybe I'll just open up a whorehouse.
First they'll want us to have licenses for our businesses.
Then they'll want us to send our kids to public schools.
Then, next thing you know: Sharia Law.
Calling Glenn Beck! Calling Glenn Beck! Emergency in Clallam County, come quick!
Sharia Law.
Sharia Law, that's a new term to me. I'll ponder on it some more when doing so doesn't hurt my head.
And keep Glenn Beck out of my yard, for that matter, out of shooting range.
I was at a meeting earlier today with State, County and City representatives. One State agency person said: "We have no money, and I'm handing out pink slips".
Let's see how the conservative theory of "Trickle down economics" plays out, now.
Each of those former government workers being laid off will not be buying a new house any time soon, or a new car, or fridge.
Great. Just great.
Anon 8:37
Good, lay them off
the government is to big, not only at the Federal level, but the State level and the City level.
Good, lay them off
the government is to big, not only at the Federal level, but the State level and the City level.
6:50 AM, November 06, 2010
Yes, and soon after, the employees of "small business" will be getting pink slips. We'll see it here, in Port Angeles, as small businesses lose patrons to the New WalMart, AND all the various governmental agencies start cutting back their budgets, and staff. With the loss of that revenue circulating in the local economy, we'll see more vacant buildings.
It isn't like Port Angeles was flourishing before!
Here we are, with the results of "Government is too big..". It is easy to create a political movement based on focusing on the problems. There are always problems with pretty much anything humans do. It is a whole different thing to offer viable solutions. Offer an actual, workable solution, and see how fast you'll find people who disagree with what you suggest!
So, we will stick to the easy finger pointing and sloganeering, and not worry about actually helping our country.
Port Angeles must be one of very few towns that does not require business licenses.
Don't see what all the hysteria is about.
"the government is to big, not only at the Federal level, but the State level and the City level."
Yeah, well, the time to have started cutting back on government was during the good times, when there's a chance of those ex-government workers picking up jobs in the private sector and not taking a bunch more consumers out of an already delicate market.
But no, Republicans couldn't do that. They were too busy expanding government. And why? Well, one Republican told me "it would hurt the economy too much" to cut back on government.
I'll put that in the same "for it before we were against it" file as the Bridge to Nowhere and "Deficits don't matter".
"Mike Miller, owner of ASM Signs, presented a petition signed by 72 Port Angeles business owners who were opposed to the license requirement. He said:
"We're just fighting to be alive.""
Well, good luck with that. I hope these businesses CAN survive, but I would not put one cent in a bet that they will.
When did the Republicans expand government?
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