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Tag: tax and spend
Guilford County Redistributionist Agenda
Scott Yost has a couple of articles at the Rhino Times website of interest. The first suggests that the socialists leading Guilford County are seeking to create a welfare program to help people who are victimized by tax increases caused by mammoth property revaluations. The program will involve redistributing money […]
A Greensboro Net Tax Increase Percolating?
George Hartzman reveals that Councilwoman Tammi Thurm is making noises that a net tax increase is in the works. The city will need to set a new tax rate during its budget process in response to the property tax revaluations that have taken place. She stated that the city might […]
Another $21 Million Bond For The Coliseum
It seems that every 5-10 years, there is another demand for spending tens of millions to upgrade Greensboro’s coliseum complex. Like clockwork, another effort was announced within the last couple of weeks. This time, the city wants $21 million to be financed with bonds that don’t have to be approved […]
Rallies Against Property Tax Increases
Citizens are concerned, and they showed up at the Greensboro City Council Meeting last night. The News and Record reports several prominent local Republican elected officials appeared also. Citizens plan to do the same at the Guilford County Commissioners’ meeting Thursday evening. Kudos to these citizens who showed up and […]
N&R On Obamacare Tells Tiny Part Of The Story
A new article published by the Greensboro News and Record prominently trumpets the fact that there is a fairly sharp drop in the number of North Carolina residents signing up for Obamacare. The decrease is 22.5 percent or 219,000 less residents than last year. The “journalist” is eager to point […]
Guilford County Debt
Scott Yost had a couple of articles at the Rhino Times website last week that discussed Guilford County’s bond debt. This impacts every taxpayer because we have to pay off those bonds that are borrowed. There is a certain amount of risk associated with carrying so much debt also. While […]
Mayoral Candidates Promise Revenue-Neutral Tax Rates
At a city of Greensboro mayoral forum, both candidates said they support avoiding property tax increases by making the rate revenue-neutral in response to property revaluations. This is a positive piece of news. But it needs to be interpreted in the context of the larger picture. First, we still might […]
TBJ: 235 Greensboro City Employees Paid More Than $100,000
News such as this suggests that something is terribly wrong in our city government. It is far too big, and engaged in far too many activities, to even remotely justify paying this many people six figures. This large crowd also provides a built-in constituency to keep growing city government. The […]
Residents Show Up Regarding Guilford Property Tax Increases
The News and Record reports. Kudos to those who showed up; and even more kudos to those who made the effort to speak. Recall that we will be vulnerable to property tax increases of upwards of 40 percent with the most recent property revaluations. One of the commenters discusses a […]