OT Property taxes

My valuation increased by 6%, 2014 over 2013 but the tax increased only by 1% so I feel lucky. You said your tax increased by 5%. What was the change in your valuation?

take your pick

Nah, I don't need a house that large

it's just me and my wife. If I had more room I'd just store more junk.

Making real good progress in getting rid of it though.

Value of the house went up about 10K

It's been a long time since the taxes here have gone up...just found it so typical that they have gone up at a time when the Gov is telling us he's working to bring them down.

If he can fulfill his "promise" and either freeze the current rate or lowers it and your house continues to appreciate and in turn raise your taxes, are you still going to complain? Or are you going to appreciate that you now have much more equity in your home with a stable or fair tax rate?

Depends. In Indiana for instance, the local government sets the rate but the State okays and has some very specific requirements and it is state law that property taxes can't go up more than a set amount every year. It is a local tax in name only.

Not a complaint exactly, my house is worth 6x what I paid for it but of course that was 35 years ago and I've done a ton of work on it

Ouch! No complaints about my $2600 bill for 2200 ft.

Here the governor has no say in town taxes, as it should be. I can't imagine how he would reduce taxes controlled by the town board of finance.

As someone we all knew once said, "There you go again"... using facts to piss off the libs. I bet he actually believed you couldn't find any evidence.

"Just got a letter from the city of Milwaukee and I see that the property taxes on my house are going up yet again. Looks like about

The Gov. Walker certainly did not keep his campaign promise of lower taxes...the increase is no better/ no worse than under Democratic governors. Were the increase going to help maintain the educational systems within the state I could deal with it.

The news is telling me that funding is being cut for education and a BILLION dollar sports arena is in the works"

Pretty much sounds like a complaint to me

So, are you complaining about that?

Considering the state of public education it's one of the most shameful things that local governments do. The studies I have seen repeatedly show that these deals where the local government pays (or helps pay) for a stadium almost NEVER work out well for the taxpayer. The jobs created are seasonal and low-paying (hawking peanuts) and big money often leaves the state in form of player's salaries and gate receipts.

Yet local governments get blind-sided time and time again because their lawyers are no match for the NFL and others who do these kind of shady deals all over the country. These shysters are very experienced in making stadium contracts LOOK favorable to the local government but are riddled with "escape" clauses benefitting team owners and very rarely the taxpayers:

How the NFL Fleeces Taxpayers - The Atlantic

Sports, Jobs, & Taxes: Are New Stadiums Worth the Cost ...

Football: A Waste of Taxpayers' Money | TIME.com ideas.time.com/2013/12/06/football-a-waste-of-taxpayers-money/ - Cached - Similar Dec 6, 2013 ... When the Minnesota legislature signed off on its stadium deal for the Vikings ... of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America. ..... Less people are paying the local government to park, frequesnting the ... It is always hilarious when someone claims their opponent has "no clue ...

Why Do Mayors Love Sports Stadiums? | The Nation

Public Financing of Private Sports Stadiums - Outside The Beltway

Oh, good: more sports teams asking taxpayers to pay for their stadiums

Public Financing of Vikings Stadium a Bad Deal for Fans, Taxpayers ...

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It's probably a lot better than many other areas where the govt tries to create jobs, like Obama stimulus, where last I heard, jobs were costing about $300k to create. Or pouring money into the solar energy rat hole, where it produced nothing.

Kind of like how the solar energy companies fleeced Obama I guess.

I don't care what anyone says , I know I will be paying for part of it.

Sports is fine and if if 100% pays for itself...I have no problem.

When Milwaukee decided they needed a new baseball stadium we were given a .1% temporary tax to pay for it...then they decided to make it permanent. Only an idiot did not see that coming.

Before we spend money for sports we need to make sure everyone is getting a good education, has food and health care.

Once that's taken care of, then...sure spend money on sports.

In news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, Gordon Shumway belched:

I guess not, because all I hear are crickets

Your you-tube (you know that's not a reliable source, right?) link showed one lady who said that. A swallow doesn't make a summer. You're proof enough that there are fools in this country.