The idiots at City Hall are considering having a flat rate property tax so that every property is charged the same amount. Their reasoning is that everyone gets the same service. WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.
The mansion built on Young Avenue several years ago has 160 feet of road frontage with 4 lanes of road, two sidewalks and a boulevard, all maintained by HRM crews. Are they trying to tell me that this lot uses the same amount of service as a property in the north end that has only a 33-foot lot frontage? —dan-da-man
This article appears in Apr 6-12, 2017.
Flat tax means fairdinkus.
Frankly, I care much less about the mansion than I care about the other houses on my street.
When I bought my house, the city had my property assessment $40,000 higher than all my neighbors. I won it on an appeal simply by stating that there was no features in my home to support a large 40k gap.
I’m ok. But the homeowner before me got screwed and for how many years?