Step one: add a tax to exploit people who can't vote you out of office -- crazy high parking fees, hotel room taxes, convention center scams (e.g., requiring th

Step one: add a tax to exploit people who can't vote you out of office -- crazy high parking fees, hotel room taxes, convention center scams (e.g., requiring that you hire a licensed electrician to plug in a computer), etc. Step two: get shocked when the downtown area of your city dies off. New York can maybe get away with it. Maybe.