Chairman Candidates Disagree on Spending
Gary H. Baise and Gerald E. Connelly clashed on tax and budget issues during a debate last night, with Basie advocating caps on real estate assessments and Connelly calling such measures, "ideas that sound good but have terrible long-term consequences." The details are in this article from today's Metro section.
By Focus on Fairfax |
October 9, 2007; 10:24 AM ET
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Posted by: jimfoster22152 | October 9, 2007 5:20 PM
yes, but he saved from scraping off the decal
$4000 vs $ 25
Posted by: polobserver | October 19, 2007 2:44 PM
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Well, Mr. Connolly, let me give you some facts.
My property taxes have doubled over the span of a few short years. Let's see how other citizens have fared:
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Background information from the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance:
In the seven years since 2000, inflation-adjusted real estate taxes for the "typical" Fairfax County homeowner have increased by $1900. In the previous 19 years, inflation-adjusted real estate taxes increased by $100.
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Here is my question: If spending did not cause this, what did?