Posted on Friday, 12th September 2008 by Patrick Dorwin
Last week we expressed our frustration at Mayor Barrett’s proposed $53 in fee increases. It was especially hard to swallow since it came on the heals of the Common Council overriding the mayors veto, and imposing a $20 per car wheel tax on every car owned in the city of Milwaukee, as well as a slew of other disturbing spending/taxing news (see above link).
Today, the Milwaukee Common Council has taken a stance against the largest of the mayor’s fee increases, the $47 solid waste (garbage collection) fee. Common Council President, Willie Hines has issued a statement saying that all of the debate has taken place in city hall, and with such a large increase, there should be public input. The fee increase has been held up temporarily, and Hines is asking aldermen to get feedback from the residents of their districts, I agree and encourage all Milwaukee residents to get in touch with their aldermen and let them know what you think about another $47 of your hard earned and much needed dollars being ripped from your pocketbook.
Also, feel free to express your opinions here, I can assure you that Alderman Hines will be made aware of your thoughts.
You can read President Hines’ full statement here.
Posted in Home | Comments (7)
September 12th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I’m definitely opposed to all of these fee increases and my Alderman (Joe Dudzik) will be hearing from me.
Patrick, you may want to do a quick update on the post because you say that the County Board overrode the Mayor’s veto. Doh! Brain fart. It happens to all of us at one point or another.
September 12th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
What an inquiring blogger, (Patrick) needs to do here, is post the property tax increases on an average home over the last 3 years, then ITEMIZE the FEES that are now additional to the property tax.
Milwaukee is becoming unlivable. Not only are the assessed values obscene, but the FEE’s are not a write off as property tax, therefore they are 100% tax….errrrrr fee. Fee’s are the current way to hide a tax.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
This sums up my feedback in it’s entirety:
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I am completely finished with the city of Milwaukee. I no longer see any reason to live in the city.
I also don’t see any need to write my Alderman since I’ve done so ad infinitum on a variety of issues, and we never seem to get anywhere.
This is simply another game to make it sound like they’re actually interested in the thoughts of their constiuency. But when all is said and done, they’re going to put the fees into effect regardless of anyone’s take. Just like they always do with everything.
Well, they can have their ghost town. I’m done with this game.
September 13th, 2008 at 8:19 am
D’oh, thanks Matt.
I need to find out of my Alderman is in town this month, you know how Joe Davis likes his junkets…
September 13th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Taxation without representation?
I see that no one here has been represented on the issue of taxes, which is unconstitutional.
Anyone here in favor of more taxes?
September 13th, 2008 at 10:43 am
The US Constitution states the reason for why taxes are collected:
Section 8 of Article 1:
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;
To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;
To establish post offices and post roads;
To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;
To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years;
To provide and maintain a navy;
To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;
To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings;-And
To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
September 15th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Classic, vast adminitstration taxes businesses and jobs out of Milwaukee and WI (Doyle), then look to the middle class and the impoverished for income. However, when Milwaukee becomes a dead city like some other famous cities the problem may resolve itself.
Doyle, please do not run the state like Milwaukee county, Milwaukees formula for disaster is irresponsible.
Education problem: Parents not participating. Sending kids to school without lunch and not making sure they even are in attendance. Quit throwing money and blaming the wrong people. I would suggest bringing back boarder schools, you have to take the deadbeat parents out of the formula.
Administration: 21% efficient. Work on getting the money/help to the people, not the vast administration. Some cases do not need six social workers, could maybe get by with one?