An addendum to
on the sure-to-be-slow summer tourism season: Last week, SFR asked city of Santa Fe finance director David Millican what the projected 10 percent drop in hotel occupancy would translate to in terms of gross receipts tax revenue for the city.
Millican got back to us*, but too late to make the print edition. Here is his reply, in part:
In other words, it's hard to say what a slow tourism season means for the city budget. More from Millican after the cut:
Millican adds that local lodging tax numbers aren't as bad as a
made them out to be yesterday:
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Note: Newspapers always appreciate that
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