City of Madison & Madison School Referendums Would Add Massive Tax Burden
This is an opinion piece.
These city of Madison and Madison School Districts referendums are going to add a massive tax burden on homeowners and renters. I calculate that taxes will increase by over $1,600 for a typical home and over $600 per year per apartment (which is $50 per month) once fully implemented.
Now comes along Dane County and their allegedly whoas…crying about limits on their ability to tax you and me. (Now I know why Parisi retired as county executive; he saw this coming.) The county budget is up to almost $1 Billion, yes, that’s billion with a “b”. It’s stunning how a county, which isn’t growing in size - villages and cities grow, but the county remains the same size, needs so much more money every year, in spite of the fact that as villages and cities grow, those expenses move from the county to the village/city. Worse the local rag claims the county is a ‘victim’ in this matter.
The headline says that “costs keep rising” as revenue slows. Well, first the cou