People who spoke last week against the one-fourth-of-one-percent increase in the Gross Receipts Tax for the Town of Taos won’t take “no” for an answer. In spite of their comments, the Town Council voted unanimously for a tax increase.

Jerome Lucero and others have worked-up a petition to put the tax increase to a vote. They submitted their petition to the Town for review. Once they get approval for the wording, they need about 200 signatures from registered voters. If that happens, a special election could be held within 2 ½ months of the signatures’ verification.

Lucero claims the Council is breaking the law, although the actual increase is made up of two one-eighth-of-one-percent increases to be sure the Town met State law requirements. Lucero thinks people are fed-up and want to have their say.