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North Carolina

TexasTowelie

(117,826 posts) Tue May 3, 2016, 02:52 AM May 2016

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Charlotte city manager wants 1% property tax increase to hire police [View all]

To pay for 50 new police officers, Charlotte City Manager Ron Carlee has recommended a small property tax increase in the upcoming year’s budget, which was unveiled Monday.

But City Council could choose another path, if it’s wary of raising the tax rate for the third time in four years.

One option is to increase the fees people pay for garbage collection, while another is to eliminate trash collection for apartments.

Read more: http://democratsforever.freeforums.net/thread/7739/charlotte-manager-wants-property-increase

My commentary is included at the link.

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Charlotte city manager wants 1% property tax increase to hire police [View all] TexasTowelie May 2016 OP

I think the first question to ask Sherman A1 May 2016 #1

1% of property values is a HUGE increase FreakinDJ May 2016 #2

From the article: TexasTowelie May 2016 #3

They calculate it differently then California FreakinDJ May 2016 #4

Yes, what they meant TexasTowelie May 2016 #5

Personally I rather De-fund the police until they stop shooting unarmed citizens FreakinDJ May 2016 #6

I used to think that way when I was younger, TexasTowelie May 2016 #7

I live in a town that has No Police Force and we have much lower crime rate FreakinDJ May 2016 #8

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