Dash the Tengu's page

Dirty Laundy on the Bridge tax

The Bridge tax has been deemed necessary to make up a shortfall in the city funds from lowering the import taxes on luxury items. Perfumes, silks, soaps, and furs.
That's right people. You have to pay to go to work just so Lord Barsi lie can pay a few less coppers for his ferret fur underwear.

Do not turn stray dogs over to house thrune.

I know that in these tough economic times the lure of 50 silver pieces may seem like a lot for the "good deed" of turning over a dangerous animal to the local authorities may seem like a good idea. But do not be fooled. The path to hell isn't paved with good intentions, but with silver. The dogs will be tortured and infused with infernal energies to turn adorable family pets into slavering demonic bloodhounds who will be set against you and yours when the time comes. No being deserves that! Adopt a stray, take them outside the city, find a druid underground route. But keep them out of Thrunes paws at all costs!

A rebuttal by Guest Writer Cardinal Direction

If the citizenry cannot afford a silver piece per day to cross the bridge they will simply have to work more days to keep up with it. I work 7 days a week. You think it's easy standing before people and kneeling before devils with this much gold weighing me down? It is not I tell you. These citizens need to be more productive and the toll is just the encouragement they need to get off their unwashed lazy rear ends and work for it!

The following are written on scraps of paper, menu's , parking citations, and whatever other bits of paper are lying around. But there appear to be a LOT of them.

My Fellow citizens of Kintargo!

The bridge tolls are an abomination unto the citizenry. From the ivory towered halls of hell I'm sure a silver piece seems like a mere pittance. But to people who actually work for a living that's an entire days wage. The prancing pomps of oldtown feel not only entitled to the good life they live from our sweat, but that we should be so grateful to for their presence to pay for the privilege of working for them.

Demand a pay raise or living quarters for yourself AND your family. When people who have the money start to lose it, they'll complain to the ones in charge. Five minutes with your squalling brats and they'll have perfume scented petitions to thrune on his desk before you can say "but the basement is lovely"

On the back is a discount coupon good for one free ferry ride in a small rowboat across the canal