By Terrance Thornton | Scottsdale Independent
Scottsdale Vice Mayor David Smith says he is on a mission to abolish a local sales tax he deems regressive and a burden to the community’s most vulnerable population — the working poor and elderly.
Scottsdale City Council Tuesday on Jan. 26 voted 5-2 to take 1.1 percent of the 1.65 percent retail sales tax assessed on all grocery sales within city limits — a total of about 7.8 million this fiscal year — and funnel those dollars into the capital improvements budget forecast.
