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Dear bloggers: City would like to make nice.
Remember that row we caused a few weeks ago with our story on the city hitting up small-time bloggers for a $300 (or $50 a year) business privilege tax? Sure you do. Damn thing went viral, and in the process was blown all out of proportion by right-wing antigovernment types. The city was none too pleased with the aftermath (and, to be fair, we conceded a few points, and edited the online version of the story to clarify some of the things that got embellished in the hoopla).
Dear bloggers: City would like to make nice.
Remember that row we caused a few weeks ago with our story on the city hitting up small-time bloggers for a $300 (or $50 a year) business privilege tax? Sure you do. Damn thing went viral, and in the process was blown all out of proportion by right-wing antigovernment types. The city was none too pleased with the aftermath (and, to be fair, we conceded a few points, and edited the online version of the story to clarify some of the things that got embellished in the hoopla).
Anyhoo. The city would now like to make nice with you, bloggers.
Are you a blogger in Philadelphia?The city wants to have a drink with you.
Officials from the Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy (sounds nice so far) and the (here it comes) Department of Revenue are cohosting a "Bloggergate Happy Hour" next Wednesday in Old City for, as they put it, "bloggers, entrepreneurs, freelancers, artists, and creatives."
The city hopes to answer any questions about the business-privilege license and tax that have riled Philadelphia bloggers, especially the vast majority making very little or no money from their endeavors.
An unhappy Linda Vertlieb, 28, plans to be there. She started FrugalPhillyMom.com in March and has made a whopping $80 so far from ads on her site. She was disheartened to find out she needed to pay for the license - $300 onetime or $50 a year - and pay the tax.
The city says that any for-profit entity must get a business-privilege license, and the city enforces this requirement on all sorts of ventures. The city is not singling out bloggers, officials said.
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City officials hope to make the issue of paying taxes a little easier to swallow with the happy hour, which is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 8 at National Mechanics, 22 S. Third St. For more information, call 215-686-4478 or e-mail oacceinfo@phila.gov.
For those curious, the city will not be picking up the bar tab.
Well, hot damn. That's a block away from our office. Guess we'll have to go.
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And if their answers suck, can we beat them to death in the bathroom, and shit down their throats like mummies' under-tongue-tucked Coins for Charon?
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