Monroe County votes 4-3 to adopt food and beverage tax | Indiana Daily Student
...Dozens of signs were waved, six people stormed out of the room and the debate lasted five hours, but Monroe County has officially adopted a Food and Beverage Tax.
It passed 4-3.
It will be a 1-percent tax on prepared foods and beverages to fund the expansion of the Bloomington Convention Center.
The seats were full in the Nat U. Hill Meeting Room of the Monroe County Courthouse as the public voiced their support or opposition to the tax. A man walked around, offering card stock baring the word “NO” printed to fellow residents...
...Dozens of signs were waved, six people stormed out of the room and the debate lasted five hours, but Monroe County has officially adopted a Food and Beverage Tax.
It passed 4-3.
It will be a 1-percent tax on prepared foods and beverages to fund the expansion of the Bloomington Convention Center.
The seats were full in the Nat U. Hill Meeting Room of the Monroe County Courthouse as the public voiced their support or opposition to the tax. A man walked around, offering card stock baring the word “NO” printed to fellow residents...