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I want to thank the Lake Forest Park City Council for passing a resolution to place a police and public safety levy before voters this November. This action reflects what our residents have told us clearly: keeping our community safe is a top priority.
Lake Forest Park is consistently among the safest cities in the state, and maintaining that standing requires ongoing investment in people, training, equipment, 911 dispatch, jail services, and mental crisis response programs.
The reality is that the cost of providing these essential services has grown far faster than the city’s limited revenue can keep up. For years, we’ve stretched every dollar and relied on short-term fixes to maintain service levels. But continuing to depend on one-time savings is not a sustainable path forward.
Our officers are proud to serve this community. We live here, raise our families here, and are committed to responding when you call for help. Sustaining service levels over time depends on stable funding that keeps pace with rising costs and community needs.
In November, residents will have the opportunity to decide on this measure. Whatever the outcome, the Lake Forest Park Police Department will continue working every day to keep our community safe.
Sergeant Jerome Walker
Lake Forest Park Police Guild President
I'm at the point where I vote no on all property tax increases. This tax increase will easily pass, like all of them, but I'm voting no. Enough is enough.
ReplyDeleteThe thing is, my property taxes are increasing by thousands every year on their own, with or without the levy. Property taxes on my home in LFP are now well over $10K a year, and it used to be close to $5K. That extra money has to be going somewhere, right? Now multiply by thousands of homes--where is it going?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, your property taxes are going up because your home value is going up. Also, prices are going up. Everything is going up, including costs to manage the services in this levy. My understanding is that this levy is intended to to level-set the increases in these municipal costs to the revenue. They aren't trying to expand the scope of services, just keep the system running.
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