ANYONE see the TAX INCREASE proposal ?

Damn, we all knew it would come but this is a friggin hard hit

I did not, can you post a link or the details?

Page A-17, bottom right corner.

It’s a 9% increase for most of us.  I expect to see one every year. 

Expect State Income Taxes to rise next year and if either Hillary or Obama are elected, expect HUGE Federal tax increases….gotta pay for all those “free” services!

Real Property Tax Increase:  9 % !

And for what?  Anyone see fewer not more trailers parked next to brick and mortar school buildings constantly in need of repairs and renovations?  Anyone hear a commissioner step up and discuss IN PUBLIC the disappearing water supply without glossing it over by passing the buck onto some county employee making him the fall guy for complaints?  Anyone see a slow growth attitude (not counting that we are in recession so growth has slowed dramatically for now) and a balanced budget?  Nothing like throwing good money down a rat hole!

For what you ask?

TO PAY FOR THE STADIUM!!!!

Have you seen today’s Indy yet?  It’s absolutely ORGASMIC about the stadium!!

No mention of how it’s impacting the taxpayers though….

There is no one to blame but the citizens of CC who voted for the Socialist; oops I mean Democrats that were elected.  Tax and Spend is their motto.

Welcome to the duck pond Carl Senior.

9% is a lot to ask anytime, especially now.

Our local government body has become ignorant to how to manage our county.  Just take a really good look at the last budget submission.  It is a lot for the citizen to go through - and a summary version would be nice, and a better online availability notice; thanks only to the Pond, and Ready, Willing and Abell, those are the two places I can count on for notice of where the information is available and when.  However, going through it all can be mind-dizzying (is that a word?). 

Bottom line is I find there to be a lot of places for cuts, but we (citizens) don’t seem to have a voice in determining our own budget.  By the time we see the document and have notice where to view it, go through it, and find answers to some questions it is a done deal.  And then, even if we did get someone to listen, you are one person (on the “Hill” each person calling or writing to their elected representative was counted as 500, for “issues” purposes - I wonder how our local group sees us?) and I think they just don’t care what one person seems to think.  You are considered a pest.

Every four years is a long time to wait to make your voice heard but the problem with that is the old adage of the 80/20; 80% of us are seriously out of touch and just vote the same folks in or simply “believe” the one-liners and don’t really know what is going on.  The other 20% who are actually involved simply go away frustrated all over again.  The good candidates never get a shot unless they start early and have a very good ground campaign putting out facts into all neighborhoods.  People won’t go get the facts so you have to bring it to them, little by little and not all bad news.  Tell them how to make it better.

Start with no more 9%.

haven’t seen the INdy yet- anyone attend the county meeting?

Lots of teachers; was that organized?  How much “teaching time” went away from the “testing” that was going on in the elementary schools to prepare for this “show of force”? (the elementary schools were having testing this week - this week when we had one day cancelled for rain and another two hour delay for rain - in core subjects, each day).

I am not by any means suggesting that any time was taken away from preparation from the kids, but an awful lot of quick readiness went into the teachers being prepared for the meetings and being present.  Yet, in their contracts for teaching, something they have gone to school for and have degrees in and recurring training in, they receive all kinds of perks for in time for classroom “prep”, which leads me to only believe that they must have needed SOME prep time for these meetings.

Even just reading today’s INDY (one story on A-11 reports on how the teaches were “mostly civil” and held up signs outside the meeting that read “Do the right thing”) would give any reader not present at the meetings the impression that the room was filled with teachers (and realtors) with lots to say.  Again, preparation certainly happened during sometime before the meetings, yes?  Of course, this could have all been accomplished during the evening times…

Does anyone really think this will change the minds of the Commissioners???

Hey, they’re gonna do whatever the hell they want regardless - the ONLY thing we can do is vote in 2010 and that’s all and they know it!

Unfortunately, most of the citizens will likely vote them back into office as so many don’t know the issues or the candidates.

Sure raise the $$ so we can pay for new commissioner’s cars //  did you know that each one of them have ordered new vehicles to ride their sorry a@@‘s around by county money??

Well didn’t we pay for the SUV Davis drove around in ?

Guess it is a “monkey see- monkey do attitude”

I saw in the paper the tax rate was not decreased because the commissioners poured hours into the budget…. well laa, dee, * da.  What was the purpose of the hearin?  Or the emails, letter to commissioners and editor?  I wrote a post on somd.com and there were plenty of views, I spoke at the hearing , I also emailed directly local residents to speak up.

What do we have to do to get out the info that the commissioners are screwing us?

SINCE King Wayne wants to act and think he is ready for the big time in Annapolis and beyond- let’s do this:

  Begin to demand POLLS of how the people feel the County Commissioners are doing- press the county papers to conduct such polls so that no one group gets their view done.
Duckies surely have their view and Winey Wayne will muster up his cronies and EP has his a couple peons that will do her bidding BUT real Man in the street polls...
  they THINK nobody cares-  Let’s see who is right-  damn well would give them a realistic view of their survival chances in the next election.

gizmo123 - 16 May 2008 10:36 PM

Sure raise the $$ so we can pay for new commissioner’s cars //  did you know that each one of them have ordered new vehicles to ride their sorry a@@‘s around by county money??

Hey Giz,

Are you sure the commissioners’ are getting new cars?  I hear there is a rumor floating around that they’re getting new trucks.  Anyone heard that rumor?