[lonestar]

Tell me again WHY a tourist would go to Silsbee?

Do you enjoy watching trees grow? lol

Seriously, I bet a "tourist" has never "gone to Silsbee."

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Small towns in Texas have to advertise to get people to come through..... the tax is used for promotion of the town. It sounds hilarious though, to consider his statement that the tax is what is luring tourists...lol

Of course, Silsbee COULD incorporate the land where the 96 Motel sits, thereby making them a part of the city tax as well as the tourist tax.....

[is_is]

Seriously, I bet a "tourist" has never "gone to Silsbee."

Dean (the mayor) told me that there are people from all over the region who come to Silsbee so they can visit the Big Thicket and bird watch.....as he told me this my head was about to explode from the fumes from the paper mill over in Evadale.....LOL

Silsbee is a nice little town....my business has a location there so i support economic developement initatives but......Silsbee will never be a tourist "mecca".....