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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015
Seaside businesses object to proposed sales tax
By NANCY MCCARTHY
The Daily Astorian
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operators said during a meeting
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keep their doors open if a sales tax
is adopted to help fund a $31 million
expansion of the Seaside Civic and
Convention Center and construction
of a parking structure.
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the businesses are against it,” lo-
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presentation; he spoke to the Sea-
side Chamber of Commerce Jan. 30.
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center faced the loss of groups that
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date. The groups consisted of school
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rent 4,000-square-foot ballroom to
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groups of 500 to 600 more people
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said. The expansion’s cost is esti-
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move at least 40 parking spaces. To
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vention center; a 6 percent increase
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bring Seaside’s total lodging taxes
to 15 percent; or a combination of
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ment district” tax on restaurants,
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ness operators. “Nothing has been
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