AFP targeting Ambassador hotel guest tax
BY BILL WILSON
The Wichita Eagle
WICHITA — The Wichita chapter of Americans for Prosperity announced this afternoon it's launching a petition drive to overturn about $2 million of a financial incentive package the City Council approved Tuesday for a downtown hotel group.
The city incentives for the 117-room Ambassador boutique hotel at the corner of Douglas and Broadway include a 75 percent rebate of the 6 percent transient guest tax generated by the hotel for 15 years, or roughly $2 million, according to AFP-Kansas officials.
Susan Estes, field director for AFP-Kansas, said the group needs a little more than 2,500 signatures — or 10 percent of the 25,000-plus people who voted in the last election — to bring the guest tax rebate before the voters. The drive will begin as soon as a charter ordinance amendment approved by the city is published in The Eagle.
Susan Estes, field director for AFP-Kansas, said the group needs a little more than 2,500 signatures — or 10 percent of the 25,000-plus people who voted in the last election — to bring the guest tax rebate before the voters. The drive will begin as soon as a charter ordinance amendment approved by the city is published in The Eagle.
Reach Bill Wilson at 316-268-6290 or bwilson@wichitaeagle.com.
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