Aggressive-Mud6856 t1_j9v7bgt wrote
Reply to comment by enemy_of_your_enema in Tables turn on Allegheny County assessments, as new math favors owners over tax collectors, schools by RadioChris1
I agree with you in principle. However, I think it's tough given the historical nature that we approach taxes with to be able to set aside buckets for certain improvements. If we were like other states that had specific ballot initiatives to vote on and people actually did then I think that would work. The issue, as I find it in my community is that many people would vote against any form of tax increase for schools based off of either political considerations or simply because they feel that if they don't have kids in the schools, they shouldn't have to pay any property tax.
Personally, I would much rather go to a tax initiative system as opposed to a general tax but that's not what we've done historically and would require a fairly significant mental change. But that's just my opinion.
Sorry for the rambling sentences, I'm using text to speech and it doesn't pick up that it should put a comma in 😉
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