# Technically Philly: Councilman Takes Aim at 'Blogger Tax'

[![](https://phillyn-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/26020456/Screen-shot-2011-06-10-at-9.19.57-AM.png)](https://phillyn-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/26020456/Screen-shot-2011-06-10-at-9.19.57-AM.png)Mike Lyons, who runs the blog West Philly Local, sits on a bench at Lo Mike Lyons and his wife run West Philly Local, a blog style[ website](https://www.westphillylocal.com/) that covers news in West Philadelphia. For bloggers like Lyons the dispute over the past year concerning the ‘blogger’ tax has caused a great deal of confusion.  The controversy began when the city began to ask bloggers who made some profits from their sites to pay the $300 for a business privilege license in the city of Philadelphia. 

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