http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20130703/NEWS02/707039907
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Springfield homestead tax up 2.7 %
Property taxes are going up 2.7 percent in Springfield for homesteads, and 3.5 percent for business and commercial property.
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I always love the pre-budget vote propaganda which tells us how little of the budget will actually come from local taxes. Yet taxes go up. People - the solution is voting down these high budgets, over and over again until they level fund. Renegotiate with the unions, cut the bennifits. We can't afford to live here!!!
ReplyDeleteWell they keep digging themselves deeper and deeper. We have properties that do not and will not sell because the tax rate is so high.
ReplyDeleteIt is a sad thing to see how the citizens are duped EVERY time into thinking their taxes won't go up and then they vote in a school budget or a town budget where they were told "oh it will only raise your taxes by 2 cents" and then they are ALWAYS sideswiped by something like this. Read the article...you got a bond for your schools and now you are paying the price is a prime example. I am sure the tax payers were not told that 6 years ago when being sold this bill of goods.
Wake up..you have a drug problem, ailing schools and outrageous taxes. Get rid of the town manager and clean house with your selectman...
This is ridiculous! As our town goes down the tubes, taxes keep increasing -- and for what?!?!
ReplyDeleteCome on Springfielders, dig deeper, give a little more, contribute to your community. Forget about a new coat of paint for the house, or a new car for the family, or a computer for the kids. Those are selfish pursuits. You should be giving all you can to the town that has given so much to you! After all, if it weren't for Springfield's vibrant economy and abundant employment opportunities, smoothly paved pothole free roads, scenic neighborhoods, top-rated schools, fabulous fire department, premier police department, tremendous town manager, and impeccable infrastructure, where would you be today? So please make out your checks to the "Town of Springfield" and SMILE!
ReplyDeleteHopefully, the big biomass plant will lower our taxes. hahahahaha
ReplyDeleteNo one EVER second guesses the TOWN budget and the SCHOOL budget is voted down EVERY time! I wonder what percentage the town employees are paying toward their health insurance? If it is less than 25%, they are not living in the world with the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteThe ever increasing taxes have brought you second-rate schools, a prison, decrepit housing, free loaders, a plan to poison the residents with the very air they will breathe, a medical profession too interested in dollars instead of voicing concerns over the coming pollution, a lack of sustainable industry, public money tax credit thieves, numerous drug addicts and drug sellers, and uninspired town management. That's what we call getting a bang for your buck. Just in time for the 4th of July.
ReplyDeleteAnon 4:48 you are right on the money.:(
Delete"The ever increasing taxes" are the byproduct from the lack of industry and subsequent residents in the town. The school and town budgets are bare bones already. Expecting them to go down or level fund is totally unrealistic as costs for everything naturally increase.
ReplyDeleteUntil the town convinces big businesses to set up shop here, we must pay whatever is required to sustain the town and schools at their minimum operating level since the budgets don't provide for much more.
I'm not thrilled about paying more taxes either but I'm not shocked or angry as this is the way things are in the struggling old town of Springfield.
Look, 2.7% is not that bad. The services in town are pretty good. Taxes are high, relatively, but that is because valuations are low. The only way to change that equation is to either attract new businesses, and/or improve the school system. And I hate to say it but those two things will only change when the demographic structure of Springfield is changed. Otherwise why should any one move here?? Other towns offer a lot more--access to good schools, lower taxes, without social/drug problems so prevalent in Springfield.
ReplyDelete"The ever increasing taxes" are the byproduct from the lack of industry and subsequent residents in the town. The school and town budgets are bare bones already. Expecting them to go down or level fund is totally unrealistic as costs for everything naturally increase.
ReplyDeleteUntil the town convinces big businesses to set up shop here, we must pay whatever is required to sustain the town and schools at their minimum operating level since the budgets don't provide for much more. I'm not thrilled about more taxes but neither am I shocked or angry as this is the norm for the struggling old town of Springfield.
I think you need to read the article again we are paying $2000.00 MORE THAN THE STATE AVERAGE not sure where you think the bare bones is but above is still above
DeleteThe 2000.00 more (as stated in the article) is due to a $30 million bond the town approved about five years ago for overdue school renovations.
DeleteMy point was simply to say, the money needed to maintain the town and schools (even at a minimum level) needs to come from somewhere. If not from new businesses and more residents, then from us.
When will people realize that Springfield can no longer afford to be a full service town. It is time to slash town departments, including the Parks and Rec, Fire, Library, Public Works, and administration. The police department gets a temporary reprieve, but the chief has to go.
ReplyDeleteWe want lower taxes, but no one is willing to make the tough decisions. Wake up people. We can't have it all.
But the Springfield can afford $221,000.00 in special gimme's to non profit organizations, go figure, if the specials weren't all approved cut your tax increase by another 3-4 cents per 100. Can't keep funding and not expect an increase
DeleteAs long as you don't consider the bigger picture, you will continue to get screwed.
ReplyDeleteFact #1: 80% of the people in America have barely stayed above water since 1970.
Fact #2: This, despite the fact that their productivity has increased some 250%; in other words, for the same pay, they have been producing two and a half times more for their employers.
Fact #3: The best off that American workers in general ever were was when 32% of the workforce was unionized. Today only 6% is.
Fact #4: If American workers are working harder and not getting paid more, the extra revenue they've been generating for their companies is going someplace else.
Fact #5: It's going to the people who have the political influence to get more money steered their way. Example: Health accounts, which allow you to park tens of thousands of dollars outside the taxable income, are really just a dodge to allow people to buy really big boats. Example: Mitt Rmoney parked $1 million in an IRA-- which is illegal-- and he didn't go to jail and he didn't have to pull the excess out and pay taxes.
Fact #6: With the extra money they have, the top 1% simply buy the elections. Vermont is small enough that if it happens here, it's clearly seen, but in bigger states, it's often under the radar. And then of course, the bought politicians deliver even more of the goods.
Fact #7: Taxes are investment in a good life. You'd probably faint to know how much the drug sweep last week. If you want to cut the PD, be prepared to live with more people who like towns with insufficient public safety. If you want to live cheaply, Somalia and Mali are pretty good bets. Go for it.
Fact #8: Complaining about high taxes is a safe way to blow off steam; nobody's going to key your car or arrest you, but being opposed to other things like poor schools and corrupt officialdom can get you into a lot of trouble.
More tedious "wallet envy" and invalid comparisons parroted by an unaccomplished union shill!
DeleteTaxes are abused when our Liberal government uses them to modify behavior, and not for social infrastructure.
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