HIDDEN TAXES
A good friend sent me some information about the GIANT detention (proposed) pond in Overton Park and other water projects. I do not pretend to be an expert in this area but it reminded me of the hidden tax contained in the City of Memphis storm water fee hidden on the back of your MLGW bill. Also you will find there the sewer charge, the solid waste fee and the mosquito/rodent control fee. These are all items that have been removed from the normal operating budget and are regularly and quietly raised each year. They are taxes, just like your property taxes, but they slip by mostly unnoticed.
A good friend sent me some information about the GIANT detention (proposed) pond in Overton Park and other water projects. I do not pretend to be an expert in this area but it reminded me of the hidden tax contained in the City of Memphis storm water fee hidden on the back of your MLGW bill. Also you will find there the sewer charge, the solid waste fee and the mosquito/rodent control fee. These are all items that have been removed from the normal operating budget and are regularly and quietly raised each year. They are taxes, just like your property taxes, but they slip by mostly unnoticed.
The Storm Water Fee started out in Fiscal Year 2007 at $2.54/SingleFamilyUnit/month and then it escalated to $2.88 in FY 2008, $3.30 in FY2009, $3.64 in FY2010 and then $4.02 in FY 2011.
This is a 58% increase in 4 years. I have attached the original ordinance and you will see that the increases are built into the ordinance. I have also attached the 2009 budget section showing the amount of money raised by this fee, $14 million in 2008 and $20 million in 2009. Back door taxes.
Click here to see the hidden taxes built into the storm water ordinance passed in 2006
click here to see the amount raised in this storm water fund
posted by watchdog at
10:25 AM
1 Comments:
not sure if applicable to these fees but city has been repairing the concrete rails between the sidewalk & drainage ditches with treated dark brown wood. looks really tacky, you would think it is a temporary repair...called in complaint to public works...it is permanent repair.
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Anonymous, at 9:27 PM
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