tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741412946805763929.post4112493962874613354..comments2024-03-29T02:27:35.932-07:00Comments on Shoreline Area News: Sidewalks, car tabs, and the City CouncilCarl Dinsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741982015985286521noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741412946805763929.post-20518430823054622332017-12-18T16:58:21.914-08:002017-12-18T16:58:21.914-08:00It is too bad that no one thinks outside the box. ...It is too bad that no one thinks outside the box. How about asking Bikes to pay $20 a year for bike licenses, instead of hitting up the already unfair inflated car tabs. Just say'n....don't really care if the bike riders also pay for car tabs....I could have a trailer or boat trailer that I use once a year and I still have to pay for tabs because it is on THE ROADJoaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00670201208870500454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741412946805763929.post-41481502596137144532017-12-18T11:15:19.504-08:002017-12-18T11:15:19.504-08:00Thank you for reporting on our city council meetin...Thank you for reporting on our city council meeting. I really miss the days when Devon Rickabaugh reported on nearly every council meeting. I realize that such reporting takes great dedication and effort, but for those of us who can't make it to the meetings, the synopsis of what was discussed, and who voted how is very valuable and important.<br /><br />Also, thank you to city council for voting down a new regressive tax, when the budget and priorities for how the new revenues are to be spent have yet to even be determined.<br /><br />To digress into rambling... I am not against funding our city, its infrastructure, and government, but at the same time, I would like to know what it is I'm paying for. I would like to have some feeling that the City realizes the value of our money, and makes the same effort the rest of us do to spend it judiciously and wisely. With respect to recent tax increases which have been put to the voters — I'm thinking about the levy lid lift of a couple years ago, and the recent school bond — I've gotten the impression that the amounts of the tax increases are set by city (or school) staff based on asking "how much do we think we can ask for and have it still pass?" rather than "what do we really need, and how much will it cost?". At the time these taxes were being voted on it was very difficult to find any documentation which provided a consistent reconciliation between budgeted expenses and the amount of the levy or bond. (Sure, some of the levy money is going for things we all support — police, social services — but how much? And where is the rest of it going?)<br /><br />Jeff Dairiki<br />North CityAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270731198572830741noreply@blogger.com