A BID is a tax

Tax assessment, or assessment, is the job of determining the value, and sometimes determining the use, of property, usually to calculate a property tax. This is usually done by an office called the assessor or tax assessor. Governments need to collect taxes in order to function.

A TAX BY ANOTHER NAME IS STILL A TAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The BID and merchants association think we all are stupid! FIGHT the city they say – the city is NOT A winning battle – THE BID TAX/ASSESSMENT IS – NO NEW ASSESSMENTS, NO NEW TAXES – ENOUGH!@
JOIN Almost 500 of your fellow merchants and p[property owners that voted NO to the BID TAX/ASSESSMENT