Comments on: SFC recommends higher taxes, fees http://csbj.com/2009/08/10/sfc-recommends-higher-taxes-fees/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:05:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dick Burns http://csbj.com/2009/08/10/sfc-recommends-higher-taxes-fees/#comment-5149 Dick Burns Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:28:21 +0000 http://csbj.com/?p=6683#comment-5149 WTF, indeed! And nowhere in these job-killing proposals is even a small rugby field! WTF, indeed! And nowhere in these job-killing proposals is even a small rugby field!

]]> By: Like it'll matter ..... http://csbj.com/2009/08/10/sfc-recommends-higher-taxes-fees/#comment-5146 Like it'll matter ..... Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:03:08 +0000 http://csbj.com/?p=6683#comment-5146 ......... lemme get this straight, here, in the Land of TABOR, the Gov'mint is gonna try'n sell us; a 100% increase in lodging tax a 200% increase in rentacar tax a 20-100% increase in property tax a 40-80% increase in liquor tax a 40% increase in a restaurant tax a new vehicle registration fee AND charge everybody $5 a month just because they have a job ? WTF ? ……… lemme get this straight,
here, in the Land of TABOR, the Gov’mint is gonna try’n sell us;
a 100% increase in lodging tax
a 200% increase in rentacar tax
a 20-100% increase in property tax
a 40-80% increase in liquor tax
a 40% increase in a restaurant tax
a new vehicle registration fee
AND
charge everybody $5 a month just because they have a job ?
WTF ?

]]> By: Lynn Liggett http://csbj.com/2009/08/10/sfc-recommends-higher-taxes-fees/#comment-5138 Lynn Liggett Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:17:45 +0000 http://csbj.com/?p=6683#comment-5138 If the City Council would like to all be voted OUT in the next election cycle, I recommend they follow all of these suggestions. Being a small business owner, this is just what we need to stimulate job growth in Colorado Springs when the federal government is already trying to force health care and higher employment taxes on us is to then have the city hit business with "occupational privilege" taxes, higher utility rates and a myriad of other venues they can tax us on. One thing that will increase the citiy's use/sales tax revenues immediately, get rid of the parking meters downtown. One of the reasons people don't shop there is because it costs to park. Why do you think the malls have free parking lots/garages? The restaurants and small businesses in the downtown corridor would explode with new business. And didn't Ritter just increase vehicle registration fees by $42 a year? Here's what I propose - if you want more money from the utilities side of the equation, quit giving out millions of dollars in bonuses and stop raising the rates on your customers because you're not selling new housing starts. If you want more money from the hospital, do the same thing and pay the people who do the actual work a living wage. If you have to continually train new people, you're wasting money and time. Have an efficiency expert who knows city governments/utilities/medical operations come in and make suggestions where consolidations could be made in our own back yard before we put any more of the burden on our struggling population and businesses. If you remember during the presidential campaign, one of the points McCain tried to make was that if given a choice, where do you think a business would locate, where it has to pay a 10% tax rate or a 3% tax rate? Why does everyone wonder why so many jobs go off shore? It's called NET PROFIT!! You can't tax us into prosperity!! There are still plenty of fiscally conservative people/business owners in Colorado Springs that could bring a wealth of information to the city for free - and yet we don't use the resources available to us. Pay the fee to the efficiency expert but follow their suggestions. If someone deserves a raise, give it to them. If one person can do the job and you have three, get rid of two. This is how it works in the real business world, why shouldn't that apply to our city government also? We all have to live within a budget, why shouldn't they? If the City Council would like to all be voted OUT in the next election cycle, I recommend they follow all of these suggestions. Being a small business owner, this is just what we need to stimulate job growth in Colorado Springs when the federal government is already trying to force health care and higher employment taxes on us is to then have the city hit business with “occupational privilege” taxes, higher utility rates and a myriad of other venues they can tax us on. One thing that will increase the citiy’s use/sales tax revenues immediately, get rid of the parking meters downtown. One of the reasons people don’t shop there is because it costs to park. Why do you think the malls have free parking lots/garages? The restaurants and small businesses in the downtown corridor would explode with new business.

And didn’t Ritter just increase vehicle registration fees by $42 a year?

Here’s what I propose - if you want more money from the utilities side of the equation, quit giving out millions of dollars in bonuses and stop raising the rates on your customers because you’re not selling new housing starts. If you want more money from the hospital, do the same thing and pay the people who do the actual work a living wage. If you have to continually train new people, you’re wasting money and time. Have an efficiency expert who knows city governments/utilities/medical operations come in and make suggestions where consolidations could be made in our own back yard before we put any more of the burden on our struggling population and businesses. If you remember during the presidential campaign, one of the points McCain tried to make was that if given a choice, where do you think a business would locate, where it has to pay a 10% tax rate or a 3% tax rate? Why does everyone wonder why so many jobs go off shore? It’s called NET PROFIT!!

You can’t tax us into prosperity!! There are still plenty of fiscally conservative people/business owners in Colorado Springs that could bring a wealth of information to the city for free - and yet we don’t use the resources available to us. Pay the fee to the efficiency expert but follow their suggestions. If someone deserves a raise, give it to them. If one person can do the job and you have three, get rid of two. This is how it works in the real business world, why shouldn’t that apply to our city government also? We all have to live within a budget, why shouldn’t they?

]]> By: Dick Burns http://csbj.com/2009/08/10/sfc-recommends-higher-taxes-fees/#comment-5128 Dick Burns Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:29:03 +0000 http://csbj.com/?p=6683#comment-5128 If any of these tax/fee proposals make it to the ballot, I say they are DOA! If any of these tax/fee proposals make it to the ballot, I say they are DOA!

]]> By: Matt http://csbj.com/2009/08/10/sfc-recommends-higher-taxes-fees/#comment-5127 Matt Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:14:05 +0000 http://csbj.com/?p=6683#comment-5127 I think it means they are recommending to raise it in that range of values - 1-5 for a total of 6 to 10 total. I think it means they are recommending to raise it in that range of values - 1-5 for a total of 6 to 10 total.

]]> By: Thomas DuDash http://csbj.com/2009/08/10/sfc-recommends-higher-taxes-fees/#comment-5124 Thomas DuDash Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:27:31 +0000 http://csbj.com/?p=6683#comment-5124 The report states: "Increase the property tax, currently 5 mills, by 1 mill to 5 mills" Is this some of the new math? The report states:
“Increase the property tax, currently 5 mills, by 1 mill to 5 mills”

Is this some of the new math?

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