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Remember, this is only city tax, and not county, so the actual increase you will see in minimal. A small amount of tax now can drastically improve the quality of the city later. And a quality city will draw new residents and business and increase your property value 1000x the amount of the tax increase.
I'm willing to step-up to improve Charlotte...assuming the city is maximizing existing tax revenue.
Please feel free - this is why I do not live in the City. I do not want to pay for subsidies for Basketball arenas, Football Stadiums, Banana people etc.
Please feel free - this is why I do not live in the City. I do not want to pay for subsidies for Basketball arenas, Football Stadiums, Banana people etc.
But you wanna have access to many of the city amenities...maybe the city should assess a surcharge of 1% for those that use facilities but don't have a permanent city address....Discovery place, epicentre...etc. Sounds crazy doesn't it? Normally, the city is a hub of vibrancy and activity, and the reason there are burbs in the first place.
People are really complaining about $80/year, which is the first tax increase the city has had in 6 years? No, not all of these projects are needed, but many are.
Although I'm not really sure where they're getting the $926 million number from. It said these projects are supposed to be funded over the next 8 years? Even if you use the $80/year number which is higher than the average home value, and be ultra conservative and say there were an average of 900K people in Charlotte over that timeframe, that only comes out to $576 million. Am I missing something here?
They mostly seem like good projects except the Bojangles Arena. (???!) Charlotte needs to keep on top of its infrastructure or the city will start falling apart like many Northeastern cities. The greenways are great - will keep people in the city. One reason I will not move to Fort Mill or Union Country is the lack of safe areas for riding my bike.
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