La Mirada council to consider tax issue tonight

In this business, we have sayings about news. Dog bites man isn't news. Man bites dog is. So where do you put the news that La Mirada officials might be considering asking voters to raise taxes? Probably in the latter category.

La Mirada is a city where its politicians and officials brag about having no utility users tax and no property tax.But now City Manager Tom Robinson is bringing to the City Council at its 6:30 p.m. meeting tonight an item to hire a pollster to gather the feeling of the community on whether to increase sales tax or impose a utility users tax. The report has a timeline that ends with an election in March 11 for voters to consider a tax.

So just what will the City Council do? It should be one of the more interesting La Mirada meetings in its history. We'll be reporting on what happens.