Turns out that despite all the porkulus money and tax increases they’ve pulled in Durham over the years, the City of Durham is going to put a $20 million bond issue on the ballot in November for street repaving...the interest of which will add $11 a year to the property taxes of the average homeowner. That’s on top of the $38 extra a year from the property tax increase that council passed, without voter input, to cover mass transit expansion originally paid for by 2009 porkulus funds—no porkulus money in 2010, so they have to get it from the local taxpayer. But, they pinky-swear that after this, they’ll be able to set aside $5 million annually to keep the streets up once they get the county $20 million further in debt, really, cross their heart!
It never ends. They could’ve repaved every street in this town if they’d put the existing tax money toward things like that instead of “diversity programs” (read: reparations toward the large militant black community here) and “green space” and other liberal BS. As it is, the bond issue will probably pass, not just because this place is infested with tax-and-spend racist “gimme mine” liberals, but because the streets here truly are wretched and do need to be repaved. They’ve got us over a barrel.
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I think they’re still talking some light rail thing for Raleigh that won’t even go to the airport!