Hmm, that blog doesn’t tell the whole story. What’s happening here is that HUGELY profitable theatres making thousands a night in profit are using public space (the sidewalk) to buffer their clients. This has made it inordinately difficult for pedestrians and residents of the area to get to and from their destinations during box office hours. Going as far as to obstruct access to public transit.

This motion is to approve a $10k consultancy as to the feasibility of a sidewalk tax for businesses that use that much public space to make money that regularly. We’re talking about big productions here like Wicked, Phantom etc. Why shouldn’t theatres like that pay up if they use public space to make money? We’re not talking about taxing pedestrians. We’re talking about taxing businesses using pedestrian space.