This year the state increased its tax on meals from 5%. The state also gave city and towns the right to collect an additional .75%. Naturally the City of Cambridge added that on to all purchases in restaurants.

Then the city created a new fee: a charge of $100 for each dumpster located behind a building. The city doesn’t collect the trash. It now charges a fee for hiring someone else to remove the trash. It also imposes a $300 fine for dumpsters that are in poor order. $300 a day per dumpster.

Today we received an invoice in the amount of $110.00 for our 2009 Entertainment License. What entertainment you ask since we never have live performances. This fee is for playing music over our stereo.

More news about License and Fees shall follow since more bills will certainly follow.