setho212 t1_irksdbb wrote on October 9, 2022 at 12:39 AM

Reply to comment by k0vi86 in Calvin so sexy by Ultraxxx

Saying Ball raised property taxes is highly misleading. The property tax rate in Howard County did NOT go up since Ball has been CE. I haven’t looked at every one of the tax bills for my property for the past 20 years, but the tax rate is the same as 2017 (ie when Kittleman was CE) and is actually lower the rate from 20 years ago.

What did go up was the fire tax rate which went from .00176 to .00236. That right, the rate went up a whopping six one hundredths of a percent. Now the amount you are paying now compared to 2017 might be a lot higher, but that’s mainly because property values are significantly higher now than in 2017. So yeah the CE that you hate so much that is dragging the county into the gutter also presided over significant increases in county property values. Perhaps you should thank him when you sell your home and bail from the county you consider a sinking ship.

k0vi86 t1_irkt93y wrote on October 9, 2022 at 12:47 AM

Lol you must be confusing me with another poster. All I said he hasn't done anything besides raise taxes and no one can counter it.

Good luck buying and selling a home with transfer and recordation taxes raised during ball's administration.

setho212 t1_irkwid3 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 1:13 AM

You’re giving half assed information to rile people up. Property taxes have not gone up and the tax that has gone up is a minor increase.

As for recordation taxes, once again you’re avoiding numbers because the increases are minimal. The rate went from 1% to 1.25%. One quarter of a percent. $1,250 on a $500,000 home or $2,500 on a million dollar home. I’m not exactly shedding many tears for a person selling a million dollar home netting $2,500 less. Even more so considering how much property values have gone up in recent years. But then again some people are just greedy jerks that decry any tax increase, demand the county cut the budget, but complain about any decrease to the services that they like the best.

k0vi86 t1_irkx5w8 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 1:19 AM

25% increase is not significant?

What has Ball done again? Not saying Kittleman is any less useless than him, I just want to hear someone give an example?

setho212 t1_irky297 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 1:26 AM

Now you’re just trolling. You know full well that stating the increase as a percentage and ignoring absolute figures is highly misleading.

k0vi86 t1_irl1nav wrote on October 9, 2022 at 1:56 AM

The transfer tax in itself is egregious.