Alan Ianson wrote --

 AI> Some hotels & restaurants around Niagra Falls were charging what they
 AI> called a tax.

  I visited the Falls in the summer of '84, but stayed over night, on my
way to Syracuse, in Lewiston.  Don't think I spent any money on the
American side, though I did on the Canadian (boat ride, etc).
  Don't recognise the name.  If you're new welcome, glad to have you with us.
  Joe Mackey, Mod
  Huntington, WV