Property taxes rise and hit homeowners hard
Sylvia Porter argues Phase II controls fail to curb property tax growth. Taxes will not be frozen and have surged since 1967, with many cities taxing medium priced homes past $1,000 a year and bills over $500 in major cities. Rising health, education, and public service costs push levies higher, hurting the elderly and farmers, while mobile homeowners face lighter burdens.
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New York
Advisory Commission of Intergovernmental Relations
Disney World
Orlando
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Big George! Tax shifts and school finance proposals
Virgil Partch discusses varied ideas to ease property tax burdens. Proposals include state funding tweaks, federal takeover of school costs in major cities, nationwide education tax equalization, and continued pressure for revenue sharing. The column hints at methods a homeowner might use to curb taxes in the near term.
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Norman Karsh
Nixon
Commission On School Finance
U.S
Inmate Granted Out to Feed Pet Pumas in Nottingham
A court allowed Brian Munns to leave jail to feed two pet pumas at his home near Nottingham. The unusual arrangement, noted amid local concerns about costs and burdens, enabled him to travel to his suburban residence where the animals are kept outside as he feeds them with raw meat.
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Nottingham
England
UPI
Brian Munns
Munns
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