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Brad
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2011 Omaha Budget = Tax Increase
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100720/NEWS01/707209895#city-budget-calls-for-more-taxes
Maggie O'Brien
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote: | Dining out, registering a car and owning a home in Omaha would all cost more under Mayor Jim Suttle's 2011 budget proposal.
Stressing the need to "put the city's financial house in order," Suttle outlined two tax increases and a new restaurant tax that would generate a total of $44 million in new revenue. Suttle presented his plan to the City Council Tuesday.
The tax increases wouldn't put a dent in only Omahans' wallets. Anyone who eats at the city's restaurants, drinks at a bar or hires a caterer would pay more. So would motorists who live in Omaha or in most Douglas County subdivisions.
Suttle said the city needs new sources of revenue to climb out of a $33.5 million budget shortfall projected for next year. |
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Brad
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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Maggie O'Brien
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote: | | Dining out, registering a car and owning a home in Omaha would all cost more under Mayor Jim Suttle's 2011 budget proposal. |
Check, Check, and Check.... Got me three times  |
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Brad
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| Big E wrote: | | No helicopter tax? |
Its an Iowa Helicopter and we fly out of the Council Bluffs Airport, so I am safe for now! I am guessing there will be some airspace tax soon  |
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| joeglow wrote: | Per WOWT, "In a briefing with reporters, Mayor Suttle reiterated that property tax rates went unchanges for almost a decade while costs increased exponentially."
Yeah, no shlt, Sherlock. This is because the tax levy is supposed to stay the same, while the values of homes go up roughly by the rate of inflation over the mid to long term. Thus, the levy should NEVER go up. Either this guy is a flat out, mouth breathing idiot or he thinks all Omaha residents are. All this while he REFUSES to touch the firefighters and their blowing of their budget year after year.
I literally cannot fathom how this retard got elected. |
That might be an argument if the levy had been left at a reasonable level originally. Omaha had (perhaps before last years change) the second lowest levy in the metro behind Papillion. Central cities are not usually low man due to older infrastructure and a higher percentage of tax exempt property than suburbs. Factor in free trash and it was the lowest. That isn't sustainable whatsoever. If you want to look at the root of the problem, look at the 7 tax cuts in the 90s, 6 of which I believe were Hal Daub buying friends and votes. The city became, and still is, too reliant upon sales tax, which as we now know is unreliable. 40% of the general fund is sales tax, only 26 is property tax. By the way, the OPS levy is much larger, wheres the indignation about their high taxes?
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| cdub wrote: | | joeglow wrote: | Per WOWT, "In a briefing with reporters, Mayor Suttle reiterated that property tax rates went unchanges for almost a decade while costs increased exponentially."
Yeah, no shlt, Sherlock. This is because the tax levy is supposed to stay the same, while the values of homes go up roughly by the rate of inflation over the mid to long term. Thus, the levy should NEVER go up. Either this guy is a flat out, mouth breathing idiot or he thinks all Omaha residents are. All this while he REFUSES to touch the firefighters and their blowing of their budget year after year.
I literally cannot fathom how this retard got elected. |
That might be an argument if the levy had been left at a reasonable level originally. Omaha had (perhaps before last years change) the second lowest levy in the metro behind Papillion. Central cities are not usually low man due to older infrastructure and a higher percentage of tax exempt property than suburbs. Factor in free trash and it was the lowest. That isn't sustainable whatsoever. If you want to look at the root of the problem, look at the 7 tax cuts in the 90s, 6 of which I believe were Hal Daub buying friends and votes. The city became, and still is, too reliant upon sales tax, which as we now know is unreliable. 40% of the general fund is sales tax, only 26 is property tax. By the way, the OPS levy is much larger, wheres the indignation about their high taxes? |
Omaha also has MUCH higher tax revenues from many more businesses of (many being very large businesses) paying a large share of property taxes. The simple fact is that this man touted himself as an Engineer who knew how to "think outside the box." So far, all he has come up with is new taxes, increased taxes and spooning with the firefighters. He is a complete and utter ratard!
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| I have no idea. Would not surprise me if they bought the land for $1. |
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| icejammer wrote: | | DeWalt wrote: | In some ways I hope this financial crisis keeps going, actually gets worse, and a lot more heated.
It's then - and only then - that our elected officials are forced to become more open and accountable about where tax dollars are actually spent. |
It's no secret where your tax dollars are already going, so I'm confused by how they can be more open and accountable? |
Sure, you can find the information if you're as tenacious as a pit bull, and have the resources of a Private I. But not too many people are geared that way.
For instance, who knew that the recently resigned/fired "parks director" made almost $90,000 per year plus benefits? And for doing what? And what was the job he had previously lost when he got shifted to Parks Director, and had to take a huge pay cut?
I'm not necessarily bagging on what people earn, but when a taxpayer-funded municipality is in a financial crisis, it's fair to call into question why so many public employees are paid so danged much money - and for who knows what? Why is a paper-shuffling city official making twice as much money as a school teacher? Whatever happened to "public servants"?
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| icejammer wrote: | | DeWalt wrote: | | Sure, you can find the information if you're as tenacious as a pit bull, and have the resources of a Private I. But not too many people are geared that way. |
Actually, with a quick "Google" search, the entire Omaha City budget can be accessed in under a minute, down to what each employee makes (by position, not name). |
Actually, it is extremely broad and ambiguous. For instance, in the Parks/Recreation Budget report, it says "Employee Compensation - $48,775" (heckuva lot of money for mowing lawns). But right under it there's the entry "Purchased Services - $269,262." That really clarifies things, doesn't it?
We both know that publicly-funded entities are MASTERS at avoiding financial accountability. They know darned good & well that if John Q Public ever found out what was being spent on what, there would be public outrage.
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