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What about fairness?

Local tax structure has many inequities

that school real estate taxes comprise between 66-70 percent of your total local real estate taxes?
that city school real estate taxes are almost three times higher than city government real estate taxes?
that county school real estate taxes are more than four times higher than county government real estate taxes?
that city and county governments have no control over school taxes?
that city school taxes are 31 percent higher than county school taxes?
that as growth has occurred beyond the city, city school population has decreased, but its percentage of at-risk students has increased and the system has become more reliant on federal funds?
that the boundaries of our local public school systems were fixed more than 50 years ago? Unlike city government, the city school district is landlocked and cannot annex property. Consequently, most of our community’s residential, commercial and industrial growth during this period has enhanced the county school tax base exclusively.
that city and/or county governments appoint members to the governing boards of the public library, health department, extension office and tourist commission, but as special taxing entities, these boards set their own tax rates?
that workers in the city pay occupational taxes that are more than 2½ times greater than what workers in the county pay?

that when you…	you pay…
live in the city	both city and county property taxes
live in the county outside the city	only county property taxes
live in the city school district	only city school property taxes
live in the county school district	only county school property taxes
work in the city	only city occupational taxes
work in the county outside the city	only county occupational taxes

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