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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
Let them object. They should spend less time objecting and more time electing better councilmembers. Yvette isn't going to cut it.

Have you ever been to theater in Alexandria near the Target? I think it's Potomac yards. Tons of DC residents go there. Movies (just due to the business) have become pretty expensive, The government jacking up the prices especially when you can easily go across the bridge will have a negative effect. I'm not advocating no taxes. I Just think it's folly to believe that increasing taxes especially on a luxury item will spur any kind of business. Gray should be working on school reform and creating good elementary and middle schools in ward 7&8 so the next generation has better opportunities. Making the District the highest cost area for everything is the totally wrong approach. [/quote]

There has never been a movie made, nor will there ever be, that would cause me to drive to Alexandria near Target to see it.

Gray says he is going to modify his proposal. But, as it stands now, it doesn't affect the cost of the movie. It's a tax on concessions. Nobody in their right mind is going to argue that theaters charge fair prices for concessions. So, when you go to buy your over-priced popcorn, there will be 5% added on. Most people won't notice and I doubt it will cause them to change their movie-going choices.

BTW, because concessions are so overpriced at theaters, I almost never buy them. That's one reason this is not a big issue to me.
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IFf they made a porno about DCUM and the moms on it-you would go to see it there[/quote]

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