No that's right they don't set rates on prop values they set rates to eliminate budget shortfalls.
I'm still waiting to hear from Bigfish.
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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
Thanks Johnny. Up a buck per thousand!
Salty - so the town raised my tax rate. My property value has nothing to do with it. They need more money, they raised the rate. To Fishbones point, property values dont "really" matter. If they need 20 million to run a town and 5 people live there, they have to divide it somehow and so property value is the divider. Its not what determines the money needed. It is misleading. Its not a tax on the worth of my property.
back to my Mansfield gripe - we add a mall raking in tons of $$$ and my taxes go up! Crazy.
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