Video special: Omaha mayor can?t shake restaurant tax; is campaign promise in jeopardy?

Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog

OMAHA?She voted against it, she campaigned against it.

But Mayor Jean Stothert can?t shake the restaurant tax.

Projected to pull in nearly $28 million in 2014?up $5 million in three years?it?s part of her first budget and Stothert admits without it either services would have been slashed or property taxes increased.

So is the tax here to stay and is the mayor in jeopardy of breaking a key campaign promise?

Stothert heard those questions (see video below) from Nebraska Watchdog?s Joe Jordan.

Contact Joe Jordan at?joe@nebraskawatchdog.org

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Source: http://watchdog.org/97918/video-special-omaha-mayor-cant-shake-restaurant-tax-is-campaign-promise-in-jeopardy/

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