"Unprecedented tax increases"?
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davis_squareI just got a scare robo-call, apparently from alderman Tony Lafuente, asking me to come to tomorrow night's aldermen's meeting because of the "unprecedented tax increases" in Somerville. Sounds like he's trying to get a mob with torches and pitchforks there, but I haven't the foggiest notion what he's talking about. Anybody have info?
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Date: 2014-02-05 03:20 am (UTC)To a degree. But look at it the other way: If property values go down, they don't raise the tax rate by exactly enough to keep the tax take constant, because the constituents would riot. In the recession, Somerville lost a lot of income, and they'd like to get their income level back up toward where it was before the recession.
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Date: 2014-02-06 05:49 pm (UTC)