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BUSINESS, Page 59Business NotesFUND RAISINGView with A Room: $10
Is the view from your office so nice that you should be charged
admission? In Hartford, companies are being asked to pay a
voluntary fee of $10-per-window for the privilege of gazing upon
the vintage architecture and serene greenery of the Old State House
building, which is now home to a museum. Wilson Faude, the
statehouse's executive director, came up with the view tax as a
fund-raising gimmick. The total panes with a view: 4,153.
Faude sent bills to the occupants of those offices last week,
and already two companies have paid up: a savings bank (94 panes)
and an insurance firm (twelve). How will Faude enforce his tax on
neighbors who would rather view for free? He jokes, "The next time
the window washers come around, somebody may find their view has
been painted out."