From The Examiner during the week of Aug. 11 to 16, 1969: • "EARNINGS TAX PROPOSAL TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT" – A recommendation that the city council consider an earnings tax for Independence will apparently be made tonight by attorney Wayne Starr on behalf of a number of citizens. Starr said today he would discuss the matter as a way of increasing the income for the city. "It's time we stopped paving Kansas City streets and started paving our own," said Starr. "Many Independence people are doing just that by paying the Kansas City earnings tax...
