Dean Mosiman:

Rhodes-Conway said the state has limited the city’s capacity to raise revenue amid increasing costs to maintain services despite prudent policies and said the Legislature should increase shared revenues. She said she would not seek to increase the vehicle registration fee, also called the “wheel tax,” and in the long term said the city may have to look at a public referendum to secure additional operating revenues. She said a local sales tax would be regressive and she would prefer a local income tax option.