Letter: Quarter-cent tax increase unfair to longtime residents

Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1997 | 2:08 a.m.

Lower housing costs mean lower wages to be paid by casinos. Property values and wages go hand-in-hand. And the bonus for casinos is that they pay less for water as well, without chipping in.

Las Vegas property values have appreciated less than anywhere in the West. The solution is, keep connection fees where they should be, raise the gaming tax a quarter-percent and then raise the sales tax a quarter-percent, if needed.

My hat is off to the commissioners brave enough to stand up to big, greedy business.

Name withheld

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