In a letter to the Omaha City Council, Chamber of Commerce Chairman Nate Dodge offered some thoughts for the proposed cigarette tax to help pay for the University of Nebraska Medical Center cancer complex.
While pointing out that the city’s restaurant tax has exceeded expectations, he suggests the cigarette tax have a 10-year sunset and end when it has raised $35 million. And he warns that such taxes could hurt Omaha’s business climate.
Read the whole letter here, and read more about the proposed tax on Omaha.com.
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Jenny:
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Tom Coffey:
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