It amazes me to no end, that every time a government entity wants money they cite the lack of revenue due to the recession beginning in 2007 and according to you and them, they always quote that the property taxes went down.
Well, my house’s value went down by over $100,000 dollars with virtually no decrease in property taxes. According to our auditor and it was printed in the newspapers, that the loss of value doesn’t affect the taxes. In a way, it makes sense, because roads still need to be maintained and whatever other things our government needs money for.
Now, eight years after the crash, my property value is still assessed at the level after the crash, but my taxes went up dramatically? So why the claim to float another bond/levy? Especially the taxes for the fire department went up. What gives?
It was always my believe, that in a free society the news media acts as arbiter for the population at large to prevent the government of excessive means of taxes, etc.
Now, you may say that I can vote! The problem is, voting is bypassed by clever means, example, to pass a school levy it used be that the requirement was that a 2/3 majority vote was needed to pass it. I voted every election for over 30 years in this county and I can’t recall that there was a vote on this item.
I can’t be the only one, whose taxes didn’t go down after the recession, and if they went down, we are speaking of a few dollars and then it didn’t affect the ports, schools, or fire department, 911 call center and so on.
I would really be interested in how the taxes on property affected other people, somehow I can’t believe that I’m the only one who keeps paying taxes as if the crash never happened,
– Rolf Gestalter, Bremerton