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10:51...well, answer my questions then. How do you supply services....schools, more police, roads etc. to a county with a growing population with a restrictive measure like the cap to keep from having the money to supply the services. How do you attract businesses with roads and schools in shambles. How???? I am NOT a democrat, I am a republican but I also am smart enough that it takes money to do the things that government is supposed to do. Where is all the fat that VOICE talked about??? Find another county around with the population that we have that has a budget as low as ours. Stop the name calling and be part of the solution. You can't do it. You all have your worn out phrases but have no real solutions to the problem. The county doesn't have a spending problem, it has a revenue problem.....2:32....look at the total operating budget and look at the population. Look at how many schools we have to maintain, students that will fill them and the number of miles of roads. Tell us how to keep our house in order to attract the businesses that we all need to come here. Why don't you all start putting forth some real solutions instead of bantering and name calling. It speaks a lot to your character.
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We all know that the Council at that time mad a very bad decision to raise taxes that much. What got the county into trouble was the unwillingness for previous councils to realize and act to raise taxes, which got the county to a point that a large increase was needed. When in the previous years of that bad decision did the county ever raise taxes measurably? Voice made a knee jerk reaction and we are living with the results. How are the things that you...yes you as a main proponent of VOICE, working out? We have a county that has schools that are falling apart and roads that are doing the same. The cuts that the state passed down made the perfect storm. My your own admission, income taxes are not a large part of the budget because of low incomes. Does that mean that we all don't still need the services that we expect local governments to provide? Super right wingers like Joe Holloway and Bob Culver that are NO people are like the councils leading up to the one that made the bad decision for failure to act responsibly. Acting responsibly is realizing what government is supposed to provide and making sure that they do it. What are Joe and Bobs great ideas to get business here? Do they realize that business looks at the community before deciding to invest in it? If the community is unwilling to invest in itself, why should a business? Let's hear ideas...let's hear about all the fat....let's hear how well both of your ideas are working for you. Our County is in such good shape thanks to a revenue cap and executive form of government. That is what is pissing you off. Truth hurts don't it?
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It is not "our" job to provide real solutions.
ReplyDeleteIt is the "job" of those we elected to provide the solutions.
Therefore I fail to understand your point.
I am not sure why this comment is worthy of posting.
ReplyDeleteLets face it, my house is worth less, but I pay more in taxes, and as my property becomes more valuable my taxes will continue to increase.
The only rhetoric the author continues to elude to is;
spend more money and raise taxes?
Really, is that the only solution you have, because if it is, you have missed the point of the whole conversation that you can not continue to tax your way out of this.
Am I missing something here?
I do not think sending your populace into poverty and homelessness is a viable solution of "investing" in your community.
Both of the commenters in the post referred to the "government" and it's responsibilities. The "government" is you and me; the money that we're talking about comes from us. When the "government" spends money, it is spending our money.
ReplyDeleteThe sole reason your tax base is down is because 47% of the working age population is jobless because over 100 businesses have packed up and left in the last 10 to 20 years!
ReplyDeleteWhy?
Because doing business elsewhere is cheaper and more profitable!
Those businesses were here, and paying more than enough to support the infrastructure,but YOU made it necessary for them to go, thus the decline.
So, you want to raise taxes on those few remaining????
7:29 WTH you talking about? Since when do "I" have a choice how my money is spent?
ReplyDeleteI mean no sheets sherlock, I know they are spending my money.
Really... What the?
Look at all the money spent for new cars for the people who occupy seats at the civic center. They could have used the cars they had. I didn't get a new vehicle. I had to pay all the taxes and lack of business.
ReplyDeleteFair assessment of what the revenue cap is doing to our county. It's easier to blame people than to blame the condition that is tying their hands.
ReplyDeleteSorry but their hands need to be tied more than they area - learn to live with what you've got. Our county structure is TOP HEAVY and everyone knows it - start trimming right there. No need for a county executive, combine city/county services.
ReplyDeleteIf you will Notice, the two commentaries in the article have no clue as to how to stimulate an economy.
ReplyDeleteThat's because they are most likely Democrats - trying to lead from behind!!!
9:17 you are so busy pushing your agenda that you fail to see the whole picture.
ReplyDeleteINCOME TAX REVENUE IS DOWN.
No jobs, poor paying job, part time jobs. PEOPLE NOT WORKING.
So lets up the property tax to make up for it? Yea, brilliant. Not.
You either are or should be a politician, because you are blind and are micro focusing on only one issue, to support your flawed theory.
You can't provide services without the funds to do so. We should not be unfairly limited by a revenue cap that doesn't account for population growing faster than corresponding revenue. Nothing blind about that.
ReplyDeleteWe elect people to act responsibly. Part of that responsibility is to make hard decisions that sometimes are not popular. The government (the people we elect to represent us) are supposed to make sure that basic services are provided. That is what these comments are talking about. The revenue cap is restricting the county from providing basic services.
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