City quadruples fees for beer tents
"Concerns over a proliferation of special liquor license events in Muskegon and the strain they cause city staff have led to a quadrupling of fees for 2010.
The Muskegon City Commission this week approved a recommendation of city staff and Mayor Steve Warmington to increase basic special event fees. A temporary liquor license will cost $250 per event, up from $50 this year.
That fee is for applications more than 90 days prior to the event. Applications less than 90 days before an event would cost $350.
The $250 charge is on top of all city special event permits that cost $50 — with or without alcohol."
So it costs the city $300+ to simply process a beer tent application?
And most are repeats from last year?
Meebee we ought to do a look see into what's goin' on at the city? Or not goin' on?
Too bad our newsless "newspaper" is just too busy celebrating color comics to ask any inconvenient questions.
And weddings too!
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/12/wedding_on_the_beach_reserve_a.html
"Concerns over a proliferation of special liquor license events in Muskegon and the strain they cause city staff have led to a quadrupling of fees for 2010.
The Muskegon City Commission this week approved a recommendation of city staff and Mayor Steve Warmington to increase basic special event fees. A temporary liquor license will cost $250 per event, up from $50 this year.
That fee is for applications more than 90 days prior to the event. Applications less than 90 days before an event would cost $350.
The $250 charge is on top of all city special event permits that cost $50 — with or without alcohol."
So it costs the city $300+ to simply process a beer tent application?
And most are repeats from last year?
Meebee we ought to do a look see into what's goin' on at the city? Or not goin' on?
Too bad our newsless "newspaper" is just too busy celebrating color comics to ask any inconvenient questions.
And weddings too!
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/12/wedding_on_the_beach_reserve_a.html
1 comment:
In my math class, we learned that 5 * $50 = $250. This would be a quintuple.
A quadruple would be 4*50 = $200.
I guess math isn't a requirement in journalism school.
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