w********g
发帖数: 1529 | 1 一则新闻
要点：Tooele county要涨价房产税以减轻政府赤子，涨幅高达66%，P民大怒
G点：有老头说，涨这么多税，这是逼着他搬出Tooele。记者算了一下，15万的房子，
增税66%，一年才多付75刀。
看点：Tooele county的地产税之低和刁民的一毛不拔都令人发指
KSL News
Reactions mixed for 66% property tax increase in Tooele
TOOELE The residents of Tooele County have voiced varying reactions to the
66 percent tax increase passed Tuesday night.
The tax increase passed by the Tooele County commission came as the county's
first tax increase in 27 years.
Surprisingly, many residents who came to the meeting supported the tax hike
because they said they don't see any other option. The county has been in a
major financial crisis for the past year after a $4 million budget shortfall
led to dozens of lay offs of county employees.
"I'm here to tell you that I believe that we need to raise taxes," said a
resident at the meeting. "That's not going to restore the cut employees,
that's not going to restore to the glory days."
Workers in nearly every department were affected and residents have seen
delays in services. The county has even resorted to un-paving several roads
because it just can't afford the upkeep of the pavement.
One major contributor to this problem started back in 1999 when the Deseret
Peak Complex opened. It took $18 million to pay for the massive building
that holds one of the state's largest swimming pools, motocross tracks,
horse racing and much more. The county borrowed from internal accounts to
keep it open when the recession hit.
"I don't need grass to tell me that if you can't manage a dollar you don't
get two," said another resident at the meeting who opposes the hike. And
according to the county treasurer, the loan amount was $6.5 million. That
situation mixed with closing the Deseret Chemical Depot in 2012 ended
federal money coming their way.
Stu Pollack, who has been living in the county 80 years, says it's time to
get out of the financial hole.
"We've been living on those mitigation funds a long time. It is time we
started paying our way," Pollack said.
Most residents KSL-TV talked with agreed a tax hike would help, but there
were others who said they don't want to fix the county's problem.
"I went through tough times myself, opposed to that," said resident Jonathan
Garrard. "It would be nice if the people would listen to the people who don
't make a whole lot because they are the ones that are affected the most."
The 66 percent tax hike is part of a plan the county believes will bring
Tooele out of the red within three to five years. County taxes on a $150,000
home will increase about $75 a year. Others say regardless of how the
county got here, they can't live with increases of $75.
"I'm retired. I'm living off a fixed income and those kind of things are
going to drive me out of Tooele and probably to the poor house," said a
resident Tuesday night at the meeting.
Tooele County has already been cutting back. In March the county canceled
the fair and in May it cut its relief services. The county has also recently
started un-paving roads including the Pony Express Trail. |
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w********g
发帖数: 1529 | 3 为什么？
风吹草低见牛羊，那地方看着挺不错的
【在 x***k 的大作中提到】
: 不缴税也不敢住啊!
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x***k
发帖数: 3311 | 4 Used to be one of Army's largest chem-weapon depot. Just burned all of them
few years ago.
【在 w********g 的大作中提到】
: 为什么？
: 风吹草低见牛羊，那地方看着挺不错的
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s*******u
发帖数: 5796 | 5 是啊！容嬷嬷快来看！你们家地税张拉！
【在 w********g 的大作中提到】
: 为什么？
: 风吹草低见牛羊，那地方看着挺不错的
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w********g
发帖数: 1529 | 6 容嬷嬷不是住utah county吗?
【在 s*******u 的大作中提到】
: 是啊！容嬷嬷快来看！你们家地税张拉！
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w********g
发帖数: 1529 | 7 Tooele要是有足够的水源，发展将不可限量
them
【在 x***k 的大作中提到】
: Used to be one of Army's largest chem-weapon depot. Just burned all of them
: few years ago.
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s*******u
发帖数: 5796 | 8 错啦！她一直不住utah county的。
【在 w********g 的大作中提到】
: 容嬷嬷不是住utah county吗?
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h**l
发帖数: 4883 | 9 我还以为她住在herriman.
【在 s*******u 的大作中提到】
: 错啦！她一直不住utah county的。
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w********g
发帖数: 1529 | 10 我记得容嬷嬷说她住saratoga springs来着，
再讨论下去估计有人要说以为容嬷嬷住wendover了，哈哈
【在 h**l 的大作中提到】
: 我还以为她住在herriman.
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s*******u
发帖数: 5796 | 11 LOL！她旧居在tooele那里。
【在 w********g 的大作中提到】
: 我记得容嬷嬷说她住saratoga springs来着，
: 再讨论下去估计有人要说以为容嬷嬷住wendover了，哈哈
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x***k
发帖数: 3311 | 12 Really? To me, even WVC is better than Tooele.
【在 s*******u 的大作中提到】
: LOL！她旧居在tooele那里。
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