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i have never had trouble deciding about an election. Either I don’t care about a race or I have strong feelings about one. And I never miss the opportunity to vote and not only that I usually vote early. This year, I can’t decide about a school levy. I’ve never voted against a library, community park, senior citizens or bus levy despite the facts that those issues are not issues that affect me or services I use, but I have always voted in favor to keep our community and people vibrant.
However, this year our school system has asked for a very expensive levy that will do lots of remodeling, new construction etc. At the same time our assessor just mailed out our new home appraisals and my home went up by $65,000 since the last appraisal. With that info, I have figured that my taxes on my home will go up $1200 more per year. Yes, I have an income and a beautiful large home, but I am questioning whether I want to spend $1200 more per year when I will never have a child in school and I feel that the levy is much too ambitious. It is odd to feel different than I usually do about community issues and truthfully, I can afford the increase, but I definitely don’t like it. Guess I’ve got till Tuesday to decide.
However, this year our school system has asked for a very expensive levy that will do lots of remodeling, new construction etc. At the same time our assessor just mailed out our new home appraisals and my home went up by $65,000 since the last appraisal. With that info, I have figured that my taxes on my home will go up $1200 more per year. Yes, I have an income and a beautiful large home, but I am questioning whether I want to spend $1200 more per year when I will never have a child in school and I feel that the levy is much too ambitious. It is odd to feel different than I usually do about community issues and truthfully, I can afford the increase, but I definitely don’t like it. Guess I’ve got till Tuesday to decide.