I wish everybody will get it. Espescially our elected folks!
Awesome post and true to the marrow.

It’s worse than pathetic here…it’s downright DEPLORABLE.
But what do I know?
I live in a (newly founded) ghetto.

Yeah, I feel REAL good about that.
Now for some ROOT CANAL work for shits & grins, eh?

B.G.

My taxes on my modest 100k home in 2006 were $792.89
With reassessment in 2007 they went up to $1118.24 a 41% increase
Now with cut and cap they are $760.86 plus a 1% increase in sales tax.

I believe I will probably spend $3203 on taxable items to make ’08 at least as much as ’06.

Question: What did government do with the 41% windfall increase in tax $$$?, and where is the 1% sales tax increase going?

When mayors start saying “we can’t” its time to let them go do something else for a living and find someone who “can” get the job done.

[found this in my file when looking up tax payments]
This is from a little flier called “Property Tax Information Every Taxpayer Should Know” that Lisbeth A. Blosser’s office mailed in 2007 to help us feel better about helping government with more of our money. Yes, we were supposed to feel good about the reassessment, especially for our schools.

Schools get 49.26% of property tax,
Cities/Towns get 23.71%
County 14.52%
Library 5.16%
Welfare 4.26%
Townships 1.32%
Airport .79%
Citilink .76%
TIF Replacement* .22%

* to help pay for “infrastructure improvements” when not enough taxes are collected in TIF areas ($970,201 in 2007… so glad I ‘m subsidizing Jefferson Pointe and Harrison Square).

Don’t Blame Me, I voted for Kelty,
–Kenny S.

79% of the budget for personnel is quite high. Fort Wayne is at 65%

B.G.

Will, Mayor Henry and staff inherit this way of deficiet spending or chart a new course?

I’m sure Fort Wayne tay payers are saving towards our future.