I'm going to Parkersburg's City Council meeting tomorrow night. The minutes are on the city council website:
http://www.parkersburg-wv.com/meetings/meeting_23mar10_citycouncil.pdf

Parkersburg just passed a user fee similar to Huntington's in March. It's 2.50 a month to cover city costs. This is nowhere near as steep as Huntington's, which just passed a 1 percent occupational tax. Still, citizens are complaining. The agenda allows time for public forum so maybe someone will bring up the issue again.