Enough is enough. Debt service was up 17 percent last year. Spending affordability as a process does not work. This would allow a tax refund and a tax reduction. Revise or eliminate the municipal share of county income tax money .
Many cities have surpluses equal to or greater than their annual budgets.
If services are not prorated properly in the county, the non-city Taxpayers subsidize the city budgets. And the counties have a harder time scheduling services to work around city services. Give counties the veto power over municipal annexation. Cities annex land and in the process destroy county planning efforts. Oppose targeted income tax exemptions or deductions for those receiving retirement income.