City officials in San Benito, Texas will "revisit" a town ordinance that has Winter Texans seeing red from more than just chilli. Caught with declining sales tax revenues, the town council passed a law that makes up $348,000 a year. Trouble is, it's based on placing a $10 a month surcharge on all apartments and RV spaces--occupied or not."They need to do a lot of rethinking," Sissy Wilhoit, manager at Tropical Trails RV park, said. "They owe some of us refunds." Wilhoit is quoted in a story on the subject in the Brownsville Herald. To be sure, snowbirding out-of-staters are upset by the town's approach to propping up its budget. Other RV park owners echo similar sentiments, warning town fathers that their approach will backfire when snowbirds revolt and take their rigs--and money--elsewhere.
Still, town officials claim it's necessary, and protects regular residents from an unfair monetary burden. Nevertheless, in mid-December town officials will make a "judicious review" of the matter.
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