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Tag: Washtenaw County

Washtenaw County Comm. Ouimet (R) Votes for Tax Hike

By J Baranowski, Section News
Posted on Fri Nov 06, 2009 at 04:07:43 PM EST
Tags: Washtenaw County, Board of Commissioners, Mark Ouimet, Property Taxes (all tags)

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!

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Vote NO on Washtenaw School Millage

By J Baranowski, Section News
Posted on Mon Nov 02, 2009 at 11:50:48 AM EST
Tags: WISD Millage, Education, Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor, Taxes (all tags)

It's heating up in Washtenaw County as residents get vocal about the November WISD Millage Proposal. The proposal would raise property taxes by two mills for five years and the funds would be distributed to Washtenaw County public schools on a per-pupil basis. Some reasons to vote NO tomorrow:

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