tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post4929714359137605680..comments2024-03-28T16:54:44.319-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: Council Treachery On Business Tax CapUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-27312768667204958802011-08-26T08:32:09.089-07:002011-08-26T08:32:09.089-07:00Yeah, thats Brinkman all over.
He's really goo...Yeah, thats Brinkman all over.<br />He's really good at NOT answering questions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-49127524546973009922011-08-25T00:49:48.276-07:002011-08-25T00:49:48.276-07:00This interview is an embarrassment. This Brinkman...This interview is an embarrassment. This Brinkman isn't capable of reasoning, obviously. How did he get elected? He must have had some corporate backing. The City Council are sycophants for Pixar. It would look much different if they had the residents backs as the first guy says.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-73983403776609484062011-08-24T10:02:45.382-07:002011-08-24T10:02:45.382-07:00Ok, just two brief comments:
1. Is our business p...Ok, just two brief comments:<br /><br />1. Is our business permit tax ordinance SO poorly written that large companies can "shift" their revenue nexus to another location? Is there NO protective clause in our ordinance to "apportion" a fair share of that revenue back to Emeryville, even though "fictiously" (but legally?) booked by the business elsewhere?<br /><br />If so, SHAME on the City Council for not closing this loophole.<br /><br />2. Here is the elephant in the room. If corporations are going to duck their fare share of a business tax, while letting little Clif Bar pay full tab, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A PAYROLL TAX? San Francisco does. Maybe for the sake of fairness a business should get a credit for one against the other, so they don't double pay.<br /><br />Finally, why is the City Council so scared to get business, resident, and other "stakeholder" inputs on issues like these? <br /><br />If Pixar got a $108,000 refund on their business tax, something is rotten in Denmark. I bet they (or their landlord, who is probably lease-bound to pass the savings back to Pixar) are also getting a reduction on property taxes due to the depressed economy. Yet their revenues are booming! Where is their sense of civic responsibility towards Emeryville?Michael Webberhttp://www.conditionemeryville.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-37059649824839103432011-08-24T09:37:46.202-07:002011-08-24T09:37:46.202-07:00Boy, Brinkman's got Pixar's back, hasn'...Boy, Brinkman's got Pixar's back, hasn't he? <br />His "no comment" line here about stopping the residents from voting will go down as another quotable quote from Emeryville's "leaders".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com