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| fyi | Jan 18 2006, 10:53 AM Post #1 |
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Posted by GR1:
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| Momforone | Jan 18 2006, 11:26 AM Post #2 |
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Oh Yea!!!!! |
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| gr1 | Jan 18 2006, 11:38 AM Post #3 |
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FYI - yes you are correct, and in re-reading my post I could see that what I left out would cause a misunderstanding. The point I was trying to make is that we cannot simply vote to raise our taxes in order to keep our schools status quo and like you cleared up, that small portion of our tax dollars does no go directly toward LPS. Which was the part of the reason for administration lowering that portion of the millage we voted on in February. I'm going to dig up my tax bills and see exactly how much it is - I don't even know. Now whether or not the current foundation grant can do that if managed differently is another matter. There were many school board candidates who felt the same way, too bad no one showed up to vote for them. Hopefully that won't happen again. I was also very frustrated in that thread because the person I was responding to made some sort of comment about him paying property taxes and apartment residents not. There was also talk about Westland residents not paying Livonia taxes, they don't pay city taxes, but they do pay the school tax/sinking fund. |
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| Grant1 | Jan 18 2006, 12:13 PM Post #4 |
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I believe what you will find regarding school tax when you look on your tax bill is 3 things 1) taxes for things like schoolcraft college 2) taxes for wayne county colleges 3) taxes for millages that were voted on by the people living within the school district |
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| gr1 | Jan 18 2006, 12:30 PM Post #5 |
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Thanks Grant1, I wanted to see what the breakdown for each was - I'm not sure what percentage goes where. |
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| fyi | Jan 18 2006, 01:02 PM Post #6 |
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On my tax bill, listed under public schools is: State education tax Supplemental tax (is that the sinking fund?) Debt Retirement County Intermediate Schools (what's this?) plus Schoolcraft College I don't know about everyone else but it adds up to a lot on my property tax bill. That's just the summer bill. If fact, this makes up 87% of my summer bill. |
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| Grant1 | Jan 18 2006, 02:24 PM Post #7 |
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Time to research those tax bills and find out exactly what those terms are covering. |
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| gr1 | Jan 18 2006, 02:30 PM Post #8 |
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County Intermediate is Wayne RESA - I know they cover some special education programs, vision/hearing tests but I'm not sure what else. As far as I know, this money goes directly to the county. I don't know what Debt Retirement is |
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| Grant1 | Jan 18 2006, 02:50 PM Post #9 |
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"I don't know what Debt Retirement is" It sure sounds like something I would like to be able to do! |
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| fyi | Jan 22 2006, 02:34 PM Post #10 |
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http://www.harborlightnews.com/News/2005/0...t_Page/003.html |
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