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Roanoke restaurant owners urge council to reject proposed meals tax increase
Summary
Restaurant owners told Roanoke City Council the industry is still recovering from the pandemic and that raising the meals tax would disproportionately hurt workers and local families.
Several restauranteurs and industry supporters told the Roanoke City Council on April 7 that a proposed increase in the city meals tax would hurt small businesses and low-income residents.
Matt Bullington, owner and operator of Texas Tavern, told the council he has worked in Roanoke restaurants for more than three decades and opposed raising the meals tax toward 7%. "Every time the city gets in a financial crisis, they come to our industry to fill the shortfall," Bullington said, and he warned consumers and workers would feel the…
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