“Something’s gotta give” on local budgets

The shutdown of the federal government is currently in its third week. It has been three weeks of finger pointing by well-paid politicians. It has been three weeks of missed pay for federal workers who just want to do their jobs. It has been three weeks of attempts at additional executive branch power-grabs as no one is there to stop it. The United States operates on a fiscal year that begin...

Wisconsin should modify when new tax assessments start to limit the impact of reevaluations and work to limit the percentage increase in any given year. Wisconsin should modify the assessment process to cushion taxpayers from assessment swings. A good first step would be to set a hard limit of July 1 for any assessment changes over 10% with the full amount of the changeover that amount not goin...

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