Tax Levy Increases for Westosha Central High School

From WestoftheI.com

Last month Central High School district administrator Scott Pierce introduced the possibility of the district applying for a one-year energy exemption that would allow the school to increase its tax levy by almost $500,000. The idea suggested at the time, but not concretely connected, would be the additional money might plug the funding hole created by the expense of building a state required roundabout intersection at the school’s new exit/entrance on Highway 83.

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Travel Receipts? What Travel Receipts?

Property taxes- no kidding!

Yet another study out showing that Wisconsinites pay an incredible amount of their paychecks towards their property taxes.

Report: Wisconsin property taxes among highest

MADISON, Wis. (AP)
-- A new report says Wisconsin homeowners pay the ninth highest property taxes
in the country.

The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance report found Wisconsin property taxes
averaged 4.4 percent of personal income in 2006. The national average was 3.5
percent.

The study looked at 2006 property taxes because those were the most
recent available for all 50 states.

Northeastern states had the highest property taxes, with New Hampshire
leading at 5.7 percent.
The report says Wisconsin has been in the top 10 for
22 of the past 47 years, despite attempts at relief.

The state was ninth in 2005 and eighth in 2004.

This will come as no shock to most of you:

The report also shows Wisconsin property taxes rose 5.7 percent in 2008. That's
the largest single-year increase since 2005.

Wasn't Doyle the governor in both 2005 and also now in 2008?

Wasn't Senator Bob Wirch the state senator for the 22nd district during this time also?

Of course they were.

Right now, Senator Wirch and his minions are running all over town making the claim that under his leadership, our property tax ranking have been dropping.

Of course, you cannot get any more deceitful than Wirch is being with us. Property taxes have risen year after year after year, but he has the gall to run around telling people our ranking is dropping. Technically true because many states were increasing property taxes faster than Wisconsin and they passed us, we did not drop.

Well now what will Senator Wirch say? We have gone from 11th last year to 9th this year.

It is time for the light of the truth to shine on Senator Wirch's illustrious head.

11th? Revisited

In May, Kathy posted that Wisconsin is ranked 11th highest taxed among all states.

In the newsletter I received from the non-partisan Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance I learned our neighboring states are ranked better than us. But then again, it's not hard to be better than 11th.

Minnesota -- 19th
Illinois -- 27th
Iowa -- 34th
Michigan -- 37th

Now that's something Gov. Doyle and the tax-and-spend Democrats including Sen. Wirch should be proud of.

Illinois is beating us. As if it's not bad enough I have to hear about how great the Bears are compared to the Packers, now I have to hear this.

Should I become a Lions fan and move to Michigan? Oh, the nightmares I would have.

How can we be losing to Iowa? All they have there is corn, right?

Minnesota? Vikings? YIKES! Let's not go there.

Add this to the reasons why Republicans need to keep control of the Assembly, take back control of the Senate and, in two years, elect Scott Walker as our Governor.