George Hartzman’s analysis reveals that 57% of the revenue from our 19% tax increase will go to overall compensation for city staff. He points out this is much different than the justification offered to the public for the astronomical tax increase. They lied to us. Big time.
Tag: big government
Guilford County Proposes Raising Property Taxes 19%
The county manager presented his proposed budget before the county commissioners last night. There has been some degree of obfuscation. The News and Record and WFMY do not make it crystal clear to their customers that a tax increase was proposed. One had to think analytically and understand at a […]
The Raleigh Republicans’ Latest Broadside Against Summerfield Citizens
An interesting article in the Rhino Times suggests that the Republicans in Raleigh expect the town of Summerfield to increase its property taxes. It must do so or risk losing its town charter. The concept the General Assembly Republicans are advancing is that there are certain “paper towns” in the […]
Beating The Drum For Government Building A Pro Hockey Rink In Greensboro
I could scarcely believe it. The Rhino Times had an article yesterday about the fact that professional hockey is coming back to Greensboro. That is a good thing. I remember going to the games during the 1990’s at the Greensboro Coliseum when we had a “minor league” hockey franchise. What […]
Greensboro City Council Scheming to Pass Prepared Food Tax
The plan is to try to place an additional 1% tax on all restaurant meals– and this would include take-out. It is ostensibly to benefit “tourism”. But this obviously reflects a desire to serve certain special interests that benefit from tourism. The same crowd lustily pursued construction of the aquatic […]