Hours after supporters of the transit tax repeal effort questioned why the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, a unit of Charlotte city government which receives $11 million a year in hotel-motel tax revenue while managing city-owned venues, gave $5,000 to the Save The Tax campaign, Charlotte city attorney Mac McCarley said the contribution would be returned to the CRVA today.
In an email to Charlotte attorney Tom Ashcraft, McCarley said although there is no clear legal prohibition on CRVA political contributions, the money would be returned “to avoid any appearance of a legal problem.”
The pro-tax effort raised a total of $595,000 according to campaign disclosure documents, much of it from corporations and firms who do business with local government.
