cross posted on Some Other Viewpoint
Imagine my surprise when I logged onto annarbor.com Thursday morning and discovered that the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners approved (or, rather, IMPOSED) a property tax increase. Didn't county citizens vote down additional taxes less than 48 hours before? I thought the people had spoken loudly and clearly, "No More Taxes!" Apparently, the Commissioners didn't get the memo.
The meeting was initially expected to result in the approval of the two year budget for 2010-11. Like our lovely Lansing legislators, the Board wasn't able to make it happen; budget approval was delayed until November 18. Lucky for taxpayers, they did manage to get a tax hike approved. And they didn't even need taxpayers to do it! Talk about ingenuity!