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Look out Clark Co. taxpayers once again you are about to get hosed The story from the N/T : MORE MANDATES.Yes a mandate has been filed filed by the Clark Co. Sheriff's Dept. and if John Perkin's has his way other Departments may follow suit. Mandates are nothing more than tax increases, necessitated when departments can't or won't stay within their allotted budgets.Unfortunately for Clark Co.property owners and taxpayers these mandates have become almost an every year occurrence or in essence a yearly tax increase.
As every household knows operating under a budget is at times a perilous, up and down situation that ebbs and flows with income (intake) versus outflow (expenditures.) Unlike Co. government though, individual taxpayers don't have the luxury of suing their employer for more money when their budget gets overdrawn. The BatBlog's position is that there is absolutely no incentive for the individual Dept.s of County government to stay within their budgets. Spending goes on uncontrolled knowing full well that the taxpayers like you and me will just foot the bill....Where does it end ???The Sheriff's Dept. has already filed for a nearly 6 million dollar mandate for shortfalls in that Dept, and Co. Commissioner John Perkin's proposal to finance another $870,000 shortfall is to cut items from some of the various Dept's budgets then have the effected Dept. turn around and sue for a mandate. In other words Perkins is asking for a tax raise, it's as simple as that. Please remember this on primary election day...we are told how well educated Mr. Perkins is about government operations, you would think he could apply his vast knowledge and come up with something a little more creative than merely raising taxes.
We already pay up to 1% of value in property taxes. The only way to squeeze any more property tax dollars out of my family is to increase our assessment. Oh wait ... we know that's a given. Sigh ...
ReplyDeleteThey told us, a couple years ago, that the 2007 hatchet job on the tax rate by Monty Snelling and crew would lead to this in the coming years. The problem is also that you can't 're-do' it ... So you wind up with this Shizz. i.e.,perpetual financial crisis. Notice how the largest problem is with paying for the employee insurance plan. It's not like they are out there spending money left and right. So don't blame Perkins, Stevenson or Coffman for this.
ReplyDeleteAgreed there was a "hatchet job" but that was 7 years ago now. There's no use pointing fingers anymore what's done is done.
ReplyDeleteWe need someone to step up with some creative ideas to alleviate the problem. Just raising taxes through mandates does nothing to solve the issue, it's the easy , lazy man's way out.
The only person I have seen with a responsible solution is Martina "Tina" Webster Rep. candidate for Assessor.
She maintains and rightfully so that the answer is to lower or eliminate TIF's which would require cooperation between City and Co. Governments.
TIF's funnel money away from Co. government and a lot of times the money is frizzled away on frivolous projects for the cities.
This solution will probably never work because it requires cooperation between politicians and government entities some of which hate each other. So for the foreseeable future taxes will be raised with no incentive for Dept. heads like the Sheriff to reduce costs.....
Also if the big problem is employee insurance, why not go to a less costly plan with reduced benefits. Which I'm sure Mr. Perkins will oppose since his girlfriend sells the insurance package to the County....
ReplyDeleteOops! That ball was set just perfect for that spike!
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