As Winston-Salem City Council continues to debate a 4.2-cent property tax increase, the eternal question arises:
Council member Wanda Merschel, chairwoman of the council’s finance committee and representative for the Northwest Ward, said Monday that the council has “a real sensitivity” to increasing the tax rate.
“There’s that push-pull: Is the taxpayer getting a value, in their mind, for what the government is taking?”
Included in City Manager Lee Garrity’s tax increase is 1.5 cents to subsidize the city’s bus system, which a small portion of the city’s population uses, no matter how hard they promote it.
........As you post your comment, please conform to Piedmont Publius's simple comment policy: we welcome all perspectives, but require that comments be both civil and respectful. If you wouldn't say it to a co-worker in front of your boss, it probably is not civil and respectful. We will delete any comment that fails this test and issue a warning to the poster. A second offense will result in a ban on commenting on this site. In sum, disagreements, arguments even, are welcome; abusive behavior is not. Thanks.
