Shining some light on those Tuesday ballots which are also about tax fairness.
Look through this list of referendum issues on SE Wisconsin suburban ballots.
Note the large number communities asking for local taxpayers to pay more for schools and cops.
These are examples of 'Walker taxes,'
wherein Walker-led state government - - posing as the friend-of-the-taxpayer - - has cut shared revenue and while imposing fiscal limitations on local governments which forces grassroots officials to take the political hits and local residents to come up with needed cash through referenda.
Also note the number of advisory referenda that register opposition to so-caled dark-store taxation, a public policy something which has needed more publicity (I have barely blogged about it, so shame on me, too) and which legislators on a bi-partisan basis need to outlaw.
Dark-store policies let retailers and manufacturers apply for property tax reductions using computations reflecting dark-store failures, even if the business seeking an assessment reduction is thriving.
When those reductions are awarded, guess who picks up that slack, and whose community will have less money for schools and cops, etc.?
Look through this list of referendum issues on SE Wisconsin suburban ballots.
Note the large number communities asking for local taxpayers to pay more for schools and cops.
These are examples of 'Walker taxes,'
wherein Walker-led state government - - posing as the friend-of-the-taxpayer - - has cut shared revenue and while imposing fiscal limitations on local governments which forces grassroots officials to take the political hits and local residents to come up with needed cash through referenda.
Also note the number of advisory referenda that register opposition to so-caled dark-store taxation, a public policy something which has needed more publicity (I have barely blogged about it, so shame on me, too) and which legislators on a bi-partisan basis need to outlaw.
Dark-store policies let retailers and manufacturers apply for property tax reductions using computations reflecting dark-store failures, even if the business seeking an assessment reduction is thriving.
When those reductions are awarded, guess who picks up that slack, and whose community will have less money for schools and cops, etc.?