Didn't know there were so many places serving booze in Mesa

Did you know that the City of Mesa makes over $500,000 a year on liquor license fees? The fees that the city charges are apparently much higher than other cities. Once again, another indicator that Mesa isn't as business friendly as it could be. I am not saying that you give licenses away for free, but why make it harder to attract businesses that want to come into Mesa?

The argument that the Council uses is that liquor means more need for police. Well, I am sure that there are all sorts of types of places that require more police attention. I caught an old rerun of "Cops" awhile back from when they visited Mesa, and every altercation took place in an apartment complex or a trailer park. Should they have higher use fees for those to pay for more police?

This is not the problem that is impacting the city, but it certainly is an indicator of the problem. One of the commenters proposes a tiered system where the people who need the police more or have more police called should pay a higher fee than those who do not use the police as much. Maybe that would work.