Politics: That Nutty Mayor

Update: Another RFE article concerning the antics of the mayor, this is one includes video of the mayor singing.

For those who need more proof that the mayor has lost his grip on reality, Radio Free Europe has a nice article reminded us that he has. It lists some of the taxes that the mayor wants to implement in order to make up for the budget shortfall for the city.

Satellite dishes and air conditioners are among the first to be taxed (50 hryvnyas monthly per dish, 24.5 kopiyky for every air-conditioner kilowatt-hour). Mobile operators will also be subjected to an additional tax.

Each transmission tower will be taxed to the tune of $100 per month and all newlyweds will be forced to be photographed only by municipal photographers for a set fee.

The city government also plans to levy a tax on private fireworks displays (very popular in Ukraine). As if that wasn't enough, word has it that Chernovetsky wants to institute a special tax on unmarried people.

All these wacky taxes would be collected by a special department the mayor's office will set up.

Mayor Chernovetsky is not the first functionary to levy strange and mysterious taxes.
at Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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