Half-percent increase to provide Saluki way fund

Half percent increase to provide Saluki way. In August 2007, Carbondale’s City Council meeting approved a new legislation for sales tax. This legislation will provide $2.3 million in additional income annually and including $1 million a year for Saluki Way for the next 20 years. The agreement group said that this city’s benefit from the existence of the university through a red-face and jabbing fingers. In other words, this city can become a famous tourism place is dependent on Saluki sport teams. On the other hand, the disagreement group said $20 million dollars over a 20-year time period was too much and too long of a commitment for the city to make.

In my opinion, I think this is not the correct way to make money for a state university. I have two points, one is maybe this town is developed SIUC but SIUC also get profits from this town. Carbondale provides a safe, convenient, and friendly environment for SIUC’s students and staff. The other is not every residents’ jobs are related to SIUC. For those people, this legislation is completely unfair. Some people say minority should follow majority but this legislation just statishies the business people and this school. The poor and weak residents just pay the money and could not get any benefit. When the rich people are enjoy the new, beautiful, and comfortable Saluki Way, the poor people are suffering.