Why are my taxes going up 20%?
County officials have a choice to make. In fact, they have a lot of choices to make. As they prepare the 2008 budget, they have to find a way to plug a $50 million gap. And another $50 million gap is predicted for 2009.
Legislature Republicans have been looking at “absolutely everything” Advertisement- including raising the property-tax rate by between 5 and 20 percent, the legislature’s Ways and Means Committee chair, Tony LaFountain, said last week. A tax increase isn’t “at the top of the docket, but it is under serious consideration, he said.
There is more, a lot more, but you need to read it yourself.
So after years of one-shot deals, fiscal mismanagement and Oh - Republican irresponsibility - we are looking at a 20% tax increase? (That 20% tax increrase is Maggies famed tax intercept plan.)
But are we going to see this discussed this election cycle? Probably not. Remember when Maggie Brooks moved the budget approval cycle past the November Election?
This sentence from the article…
Now, voters won’t learn whether there’ll be a tax increase until after the election, which this year includes selection of 14 County Legislators.
So all you County Legislature Candidates- sounds like you should pin the incumbents down on this issue.
Oh - D&C when you are asking the same question in your endorsement meetings print the responses word for word. Maggie might think you are irrelevant but here is an actual opportunity to apply some influence.
Looks like the chickens, roosters and all the other barnyard animals are coming home to roost.
sounds like another feather in the cap of Pat Christopher. Keep it up Maggie!! As his campaign mngr., I have to say ‘keep helping hin along’
This needs to be drilled home in the media EACH AND EVERY DAY. A 20% tax increase will be the kiss of death to the Queen.
[...] gives us a rundown, this week, on the legislature’s approach to the $50 mil budget gap. Stlo7 wrote about this yesterday, but it bears repeating: Legislature Republicans have been looking at “absolutely [...]
This is exactly why they decided to postpone the vote until after the elections: they always intended to increase taxes by 20% or more!
[...] have discussed (and will continue to discuss) the tax intercept plan and the lack of a budget plan by the Brooks administration. I discussed it here - Ladkiddo piled on and Exile referred to the [...]
[...] Yep - looks like Brighton Taxes are going up 20%. [...]