Opposing Boston's 'local option'

[0:00] ..." This is John McClain in the WBZ newsroom I'm speaking to counselor Michael Flaherty regard to be a local options issue. A plan to potentially raise meals and lodging taxes. And counselor or what is your"...

[0:29] ..." I'm speaking to a small business news restaurants. Copy shops. Japanese in diners. -- struggling right now they're struggling to to keep it business afloat struggling to -- employee aid and insurance and so collapsed."...

[1:13] ..." the district initiation this is checking before managing. We need to identify wasteful government spending. We need to collect the money that -- to our city for example 66 million dollars -- outstanding parking fines -- has"...

[2:37] ..." wonder what let's go after the 66 million dollars or -- and unpaid park. It's things like that putting pressure on college university in it this year. The city currently get pennies on the dollar."...

[0:00]" This is John McClain in the WBZ newsroom I'm speaking to counselor Michael Flaherty regard to be a local options issue. A plan to potentially raise meals and lodging taxes. And counselor or what is your stance on this issue."

[0:17]" Truck couldn't couldn't disagree. More west I -- his proposal to. And those same meals and mania hotel tax a local. The Oakland. And again across the city. I'm speaking to a small business news restaurants. Copy shops. Japanese in diners. -- struggling right now they're struggling to to keep it business afloat struggling to -- employee aid and insurance and so collapsed. The last thing we should be doing is to impose -- the -- and potentially. Would further burden and their potential -- I equate what do teenagers doing too. In Inco. On small local businesses at a time when many of them. You know are contemplating closing near --"

[1:10]" Bullets the issue here it's a better it's you know of the district initiation this is checking before managing. We need to identify wasteful government spending. We need to collect the money that -- to our city for example 66 million dollars -- outstanding parking fines -- has gone collected over the last five years. We need to put pressure on colleges and universities to pay this issue yet they revisiting. The pilot. Payment system so there are a lot of things that we can to get a you know predictable revenue stream. The fact of the matter is that you know it's more -- to eliminate wasteful spending and the need to alike it. The need to eliminate wasteful spending as well as the need that true. -- more efficient so. That's that the that the my teachers and but the last thing should be doing further burdening our residents. I'd like to you know dine at their local restaurant."

[2:13]" While not voting four at the local meals and hotel taxes it's a bad idea. It'll be saying just what I did mention -- witches. To be fully stat further burdening residents and taxpayers. Businesses and tourists we should take a look at ourselves first pick Caroline -- but eliminate the wasteful spending would eliminate these overpaid consultants that permeate. -- city hall and city departments for our city that we can no wonder what let's go after the 66 million dollars or -- and unpaid park. It's things like that putting pressure on college university in it this year. The city currently get pennies on the dollar. -- that we provide. These institutions. In time recognizing. The value that they had to the city intensive number of police in fact the -- that they can do better much like city can do so. That's obesity and today one oppose. The the man in the world."