Better make it a hot chocolate

The reactions to our July 2 editorial headlined “Quick: Arena tax temporary — really” suggest that local leaders have some serious credibility problems to overcome among taxpayers. Many in Sedgwick County aren’t buying that the 1 percent arena sales tax will go away by December 2007, never mind that the deadline was written into the ballot question that voters approved in endorsing the 15,000-seat downtown arena. One reader even bet us a large cherry limeade that the arena tax will still be going in 31 months. We’ll take that bet, though we could sure use one about now.
Posted by Rhonda Holman