Submitted by Visitor/JF (not verified) on May 21, 2008 - 7:54am.
No way. Salaries for city/state workers have not increased at the rate the city is raising taxes and costs. Gas rates have increase by 44% just in a year, our property taxes increased. as have our water rates.
According to one article, it was cited that Raleigh wants to increase taxes due to rising fuel costs and Raleigh's need to expand city services and move forward on a number of expensive projects.
I'm sorry, but Raleigh representatives need to hold off on the expansion of city services and moving forward on a number of expensive projects until the economy is in better shape and the public have received pay increases that will allow more money to be spent on their basic needs rather than what the city deems as an "important project". We all have budgets we need to work with ... including Raleigh.
Raise Taxes?
No way. Salaries for city/state workers have not increased at the rate the city is raising taxes and costs. Gas rates have increase by 44% just in a year, our property taxes increased. as have our water rates.
According to one article, it was cited that Raleigh wants to increase taxes due to rising fuel costs and Raleigh's need to expand city services and move forward on a number of expensive projects.
I'm sorry, but Raleigh representatives need to hold off on the expansion of city services and moving forward on a number of expensive projects until the economy is in better shape and the public have received pay increases that will allow more money to be spent on their basic needs rather than what the city deems as an "important project". We all have budgets we need to work with ... including Raleigh.