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Our campaign team has covered much ground and met with many voters since I filed to run for Morrisville Mayor in early July. What we have heard over the past 11 weeks has come as no surprise. Town wide, in neighborhoods new and established, residents have shared the same concerns: Our desirable small town is losing it's charm to a very large traffic problem. Property owners are worried about a repeat of last year's 19% tax increase proposal and they want storm water and flooding issues addressed. They aren't thrilled that their water and sewer bills have gone up to help pay for growth. And they want responsiveness, not rhetoric, from their elected officials.
Our residents are right - we can do better. We have not encouraged sustainable growth that we can afford. We have not made roads and transportation safety a priority, nor have we developed what stands in the way of addressing our traffic woes: a viable cost sharing plan.
Together, we successfully fought last year's proposed 19% property tax increase. And we can, together, begin the process of addressing the issues we face in our Heart of the Triangle community. Election Day is November 3rd.
Jackie
Great pictures! Good luck on the campaign trail!
ReplyDeleteLove - Sue H.
You seem to harp on about the tax increase last year. Morrisville is growing and trying to follow in Cary's very successful foot-steps. Things cost money, you cannot forever keep cutting - all good businessmen know that.
ReplyDeleteLast year's tax increase, had it passed, would have dealt a terrible blow to Morrisville's economy.
ReplyDeleteSince you mention Cary, here's how the 2 towns would have compared had the proponents of the 19% increase been successful:
Cary tax rate: .33
Morrisville tax rate: .4396
Our businesses and residents would have suffered. Hard for a business in Morrisville to compete with one in Cary with 33% higher property taxes + bigger water/sewer bills.
I agree, things cost money. That's no excuse for overspending taxpayer funds.
Jackie is not harping on the tax increase proposal - she is simply attempting to bring about "awareness" due to the fact that our current Mayor was riding the "We must raise taxes to pay for xyz" train just months back, now she says she is about lowering township taxes. What's wrong with this picture? From a "business" perspective, one should never shop off their nose to spite their face. It's a lose/lose situation for all.
ReplyDeleteFacts, not hearsay, simply conclude that is it weren't for Jackie - that proposal would have been approved. Do you really think people would want to move to Morrisville knowing the taxes were so high? I don't think so. Morriville would eventually become a "waverly place" of the past. People would not be able to afford to live here!
From where I sit, my guess is that Jan was "for" the tax increase, because #1 - she could afford it (her house is paid for). #2 - she wouldn't have to be innovative (for finding creative means to accumulate more funds). #3 she owns and runs her own property appraisal business. Hello, People?? #4 the town overspent and did not carefully access the cost of xyz.
Don't give me that - "Well, their not as good at this as our good neighbors (Cary)". If you don't know how to do something, simply ask or find someone that's done it successfully, and work to replicate a similar strategic plan.
Do a quick Google on "Morrsiville Tax Increase" and see what you find...