From the INBOX: Transportation Tax
Posted by Andy on March 6th, 2008
This one just really gets under my skin. Not the sender, but the story.
I thought this huge new transportation tax was suppose to lead to lower
property taxes.Twins Cities .com has a story on the front page
about how the city of Stillwater is going to start charging property owners
higher taxes for its roads.
The SPAM filter won’t let url’s go through my contact form, but I found the story the reader was talking about.
Stillwater may ask for more money to fix streets
Stillwater officials are considering making property owners pay a greater share for street improvements.
The Stillwater City Council will hold a series of public meetings this spring to discuss the possible change.
Stillwater homeowners currently split the cost of street improvements with the city 50-50, but some city officials say the split should be 70-30.
“This is one of those tough decisions that has to be made,” council member Wally Milbrandt said.
Milbrandt said one of the top complaints he hears is about streets. The city budgets for 1.5 miles of street repair a year but should be repairing 4.5 miles, he said.
How about the city of Stillwater adjusts their budget priorities to fit the demands of the people? Who works for who?
I’m getting a head ache. We need to find a few thousand Minnesotans with common sense and a sense of citizenry to run for and take over all the levels of Government. City, County, State, School board, park board, you name it. The people currently doing the jobs haven’t got a dang clue what they are doing. And can’t figure out that in fact they are the problem.
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March 6th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
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March 6th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I watched most of the transportation tax debate. I specifically remember Rep. lieber stating that this new transportation tax would lead to lower property taxes. I also remember Rep. Emmer asking Rep. Lieber to show him where, specifically, in the bill it was written that this would lower property taxes. Of course Rep. Lieder couldn’t point out where in the bill it was, because their was no such language in the bill.
I knew Rep. Lieber was lying, Rep. Emmer knew Rep. Lieber was lying, hell, even Rep Lieber knew he was lying. What I didn’t know is that exactly one week after the DFL passed the largest tax increase in Minnesota history, municipalities would begin raising property taxes to fix the same roads the DFL promised this bill would pay for.