Reply #12: Too late for that. [View All]

[xmas74]

Athens has been featured in books and travel shows about the supernatural and the paranormal for years now. Paranormal attractions are growing and people are realizing that there is money to be made in advertising your local hauntings.

Smartest thing the city can do is hire more security and place a higher tax on local lodging and dining out restaurants, along w/ charging for parking at certain times of the year.

My town has a higher than average lodging tax for a town of its size in my state (it's about the same size as Athens) and we don't have a huge party to worry about. We're just a college town w/ a military installation nearby. A higher lodging tax allows us to expand our police force and to maintain our local roads.