That’s right people, put on your seat belts, grab the Joy Jelly because you are about to get screwed by your LGBTQ liberal leadership as the city will propose, (tonight) a minimum of a 10% tax increase on residential properties and a 15% tax increase on commercial properties. Keep in mind folks, you are already paying more taxes from the latest assessment.
As if that isn’t bad enough, the city is also proposing a 12% increase in your water and sewer fees. You can voice your anger and frustration at 6 pm tonight at the city council meeting.
By the way, you know how these libtards work. They propose 10 to 15% increases so when they lower it to 5 or 10% it doesn’t hurt so bad because they know their ignorant subjects are that stupid! I’d tell them to take all the LGBTQ celebrations, the folk festival and all that other crap and shove it up their own asses. YOU should NOT be paying for their stupid feel good crap.
Oh Honey Bunny, one very very smart citizen, who has done her homework, pointed out on another inferior platform, all the “give aways” that the citizens now have to pay for;
Here is Home incentives. Waivers of all development fees and water/sewer connections for new residential construction. 7,684 units approved. Potential cost $40 million.
Horizon program. 20 year property tax credits for new residential and hotel construction located within the Central Business District and Riverfront Redevelopment Zoning District, including zero property taxes for the first five years.
City Hall. 15 year lease signed for the old firehouse at 115 S. Division St to be used for City offices. Total rents payment over the lease term is $1,800,000. This is the same building the City sold in 2013 for $85,000.
Salisbury Town Square, also referred to as Unity Square. Redevelopment of downtown parking lot to a park. Cost $3,468,944. Approved April, 2023.
Infrastructure improvements for proposed privately owned hotel/conference center to be built on the parking lot at the corner of Church Street and Route 13. $5 million in state grant money. In City FY24 budget.
Marina Landing. 2.4 acres of waterfront land, including the marina buildings. Sold to a developer for $1. Free use of adjacent City parking lot. 50 year lease on docks and basin. City responsible for capital improvement on docks and pilings. Leased for one dollar a year.
Sounds like it’s time from a Revenue Cap imposed upon the revenues the City of Salisbury collects on property taxes. Just like the Revenue Cap voted in by Wicomico County residents almost 20-years ago. Where’s Voters Opposed to Increased City Expenditures V.O.I.C.E., and John Palmer when you need them?
Decades later, we are still dumping/wasting millions of taxpayer dollars into that dying albatross “downtown”?
Shouldn’t our government be focusing on bringing in industries that support better paying jobs, and focus less on bike lanes, walking trails and festivals?
Building affordable single family homes instead of 350+K mini mansions and overpriced “luxury” apartments?
Isn’t “affordable housing (apartments)” only supporting and promoting more poverty?
Its rather funny to watch, for years all the “born here’s” did was whine about how they wanted nothing to change, and the whole time your government was doing nothing but forcing change to entice strangers to move here, and changed the landscape of your community. All on your dime.
You have had the power the whole time to stop this, and didn’t.
Correct me if I am wrong, please.
But wasn’t there a charade, around 2009, 2010, during the housing crash, wherein the city increased taxes due to homes diminished values?
And I gather this increase was never decreased once home values were restored and increased?
Therefore, you are already paying substantially more, due to the charade and then the new assessment values once values were restored?
When the market falls, will the city be doing that again?
How many millions was spent on 5 years of that folked festival? 20? 30? 40?
Taxes TOO HIGH NOW & people will LEAVE
Tell D Bury Stop the Bike Lanes & Scooters & Round-Abouts & they would Have Enough Money $$$$$$$
Let’s Just FIRE the Democrats INSTEAD !!! SOLVED
This past Friday there were absolutely no one downtown–around 6 pm–restaurants including Mogan’s were empty–Mogan’s probably had 4-5 tables at the most, none at the bar…
Downtown may look nicer–but no one is going down there–it’s a people desert with businesses struggling
And college kids at that new place The Ross–won’t be spending big money at restaurants–kids are cheap–downtown is expensive
When my annual taxes to too high for me to afford to keep my property, some special people will pay in ways they never saw coming. Funny how justice can’t be rushed.
So now Mr. Burns is the mayor after the Woodchuck made for greener pastures in Annapolis.
Mr. Burns is left holding the bag from Jake’s pie in the sky schemes, and citizen tax payers are going to have a very unpleasant experience sans lube.
The very smartest real estate decision I ever made was avoiding buying in the city of Salisbury. Citizens residing and owning in Salisbury need to vote these scoundrels out and elect people who can manage and tighten belts.
fixing up salisbury is kinda like polishing a turd isnt it?
Put it to referendum. Let the voters have the final say.