Comments on: Higher Tax Rate Could Still Result In Hiring Freeze For Missouri City

By: FtBendConservative

FtBendConservative — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:01:42 +0000

wrong thread, getting your pseudos mixed up again

By: santhony

santhony — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:58:27 +0000

Those are your words and what you are known for jerk/charlieB. So own up to them as you are always telling others to do because you will have to own up to them very soon.

And if making public statements like those are smart then I confess to your intelligence…

LOL

By: b_tabor

b_tabor — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:43:14 +0000

‘Increasing taxes in a collapsing economy, official misrepresentations about the economic health of communities, city and HOA “sharing” of increasing fines and fees, land “favors” to elected officials, and outrageous building projects during deep budget deficits, like The Global Science Center, are all testimony to this obscene feeding frenzy on the backs of residential taxpayers.’

One of the best summaries I’ve seen on all this yet.

By: patriot missive

patriot missive — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:38:23 +0000

Ive seen this before in the animal world. When a starving pack of wolves get the blood of a small animal on their faces, each wolf will turn against the other and eat their faces off and then continue until the pack is rather greatly diminished.

As taxpayers and HOA members, we are the small animals in a similar wolf pack feeding frenzy. It is hard to say which wolves will survive, or how many homeowners will survive this government/vendor starved feeding frenzy.

Increasing taxes in a collapsing economy, official misrepresentations about the economic health of communities, city and HOA “sharing” of increasing fines and fees, land “favors” to elected officials, and outrageous building projects during deep budget deficits, like The Global Science Center, are all testimony to this obscene feeding frenzy on the backs of residential taxpayers.

By: b_tabor

b_tabor — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:24:32 +0000

Good question cons1. I’m sure we will never see the details of the budget.

By: MEGABITE

MEGABITE — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:52:06 +0000

Be sure to show up at the council meeting tonight to voice your displeasure and to ask about the land values.

By: conservative1

conservative1 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:41:52 +0000

Sorry about feeding the TROLL, it was unintentional. But..I have to call it like I see it. A tax increase?? You have got to be kidding me, a tax increase? Isn’t there still enough natural growth in land values ( new homes ) to offset any mis-management these guys are up to?

By: MEGABITE

MEGABITE — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:24:47 +0000

Yes, I agree, don’t feed ‘santhony’! (one of his many aliases)

By: b_tabor

b_tabor — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:20:48 +0000

DON’T FEED THE TROLL!

By: santhony

santhony — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:14:32 +0000

So true conservative1. It was the county boys that artificially pushed the property tax appraisals up to nearly 11% this year. So any entity pushing a rate increase is just plain greedy and feeding more of their vendors.

Right charlieB?

By: conservative1

conservative1 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:09:06 +0000

I am sorry to see that taxes are going up for my friends in Mo City. Tax rates and tax revenue should be not increasing during our current economic situation. But, our governments get away with it all the time. They get a guaranteed increase in revenue…because no one will call them out. Your only reprieve is the appraisal district but I wouldn’t count on it because the Fort Bend Appraisal District is instructed to remove short sales, foreclosures and other “unconfirmed ” sales from their valuations. Cards are stacked against you. You will pay. Unless, you vote those folks out.

By: santhony

santhony — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:59:13 +0000

Leave it to charlieB, Allen Owen’s crony apologist, to try and detract from yet another tax increase.

By: slapandtickle

slapandtickle — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:57:24 +0000

This isn’t good news. Why would they try to stop the public sessions?

By: FtBendConservative

FtBendConservative — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:50:04 +0000

here comes the rant

By: b_tabor

b_tabor — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:42:15 +0000

City staff recommends that the $750,000 budget deficit be handled ”through certain hiring freezes and other discretionary spending.”

Didn’t they just spend about that amount on the purchase of some bottom land near the river from a developer that is very present on several of the councils campaign finance reports? So they are running a deficit and increasing the rate. Maybe they should have thought about a hiring freeze at the administrative levels a few years ago? Naturally they can always keep going after the residents for fines, fees and other great revenue makers like being able to see the garbage cans from the street.

Amazing how the taxing entities become harder and harder to feed during recessions.