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Longtime Lafayette's avatar

I just really worry about seniors on a fixed income who are already scraping to hang on to their homes in the face of rising property taxes along side the increasing costs of everything else too. It’s really hard on them, and they are mostly long time city residents who would have a tragically difficult time if they finally reached the point where they get taxed out and have to leave, giving up not just the home they planned to spend their lives in, but friends, family, community. It’s just one more blow to their efforts to hang on. I’m not in favor of a property tax increase unless they offset it somehow for long time senior homeowners, maybe by increasing the Homestead Exemption or something similar.

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Ron Spalding's avatar

Karen, excellent summary of the City Council Workshop! It's a very difficult decision to make for any resident as you can see from stanik22 misunderstanding of the Service Center project. It's just as difficult for the Council who I believe are all acting in good faith. Let's see where the chips fall. This is really a high stakes poker game with a 20 or 22 year payout. I'll be long gone before its paid off, just saying :)

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