Grand Forks Park Board to raise taxes 1 mill
September 5, 2012 at 2:00 am in Grand Forks Herald
Brace yourself, Grand Forks property owners. Your property taxes for parks and recreation are increasing by one mill. That’s a $4.50 hike for a $100,000 home and $9 for a $200,000 home. The increase will bring an additional $150,000 to the park district. Continue Reading
And so it starts and the bill for the No Choice bill has not come yet.
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And if you think it’s going to stop, you probably believe in unicorns too. Next will be 2 mils or the library, 3 mils for the school district….
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Yes, Bob, soon we will have to pay TENS OF DOLLARS more per year for a civilized place to live. I bet they will also make us eat broccoli and brush out teeth before bed.
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North Dakotan’s love to brag about their strong work ethic, but their unwillingness to support their own communities and institutions is often a much more accurate barometer of their collective character.
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There is plenty of hypocrisy in North Dakota. But there is also a difference between supporting valid services and spending a bundle on boondoggles to satisfy the whims of a few.
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So we should encourage privately run health clubs to come into GF & charge an arm & a leg fee only the upper middle can afford?
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You’re describing what the taxpayer-funded health club was all about: a place the aristocracy could use at city expense. Much like the Arnold Palmer golf course. There is no reason the public sector should compete with the private sector. The Alerus loves to brag about the revenue from its banquet and catering, while its subsidies come, in part, from taxes levied on its competitors.
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What else would we expect from Elected Criminals? Fiscal responsibility?
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I’d rather my tax dollars go to this than a lot of other things. Corporate welfare is the worst.
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