Lauber letter: Bonds and taxes
Next month Meridian residents are facing three bond issues. Western Ada Recreation District wants to build two indoor pools costing taxpayers about $24 per $100,000 taxable evaluation. For me that means about $40. CWI wants a building bond issue, an additional $40 tax increase, and also proposed increasing property taxes from the present $16 to $32 per $100,000. That’s another $24 for me. The library wants a bond they say will cost $11 per $100,000, about another $18 to me. These taxes would add another $122 a year to my property taxes. In 2008 these taxes were about $800 . Last year they were over $1,800. No pension raise in nine years. Social Security raises have been almost nonexistent. We seniors cannot pay any more.
Lowell R. Lauber, Meridian
This story was originally published October 18, 2016 at 6:25 PM with the headline "Lauber letter: Bonds and taxes."