tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112493331021435124.post778196642720098264..comments2023-10-29T09:28:51.170-04:00Comments on Ohio River, Left Bank, MP 606: Day Six - Out of the Heart of DarknessJeff Noblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11139210768209899692noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112493331021435124.post-12510486884277261652008-09-22T22:47:00.000-04:002008-09-22T22:47:00.000-04:00Jeff-I certainly don't mean to reduce your posting...Jeff-I certainly don't mean to reduce your posting to a single issue, but (here I go) I thank you for mentioning that former COL residents (the only residents of the Metro whose city was wiped out) pay doubly on taxes, and without a doubt (show me the books!) some of those monies go out to Shively, JTown, Valhalla, probably Hurstbourne, too. I agree that merger did not do city residents justice and am glad you put the issue out on the table again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112493331021435124.post-62366848192816440772008-09-21T15:35:00.000-04:002008-09-21T15:35:00.000-04:0048 on Thursday?!? HAH -- spring chicken.As for the...48 on Thursday?!? HAH -- spring chicken.<BR/><BR/>As for the "city" money being used in the "city" -- last I checked, there weren't no city any more, just Metro Louisville. The dual-taxation system helped us get through merger (which I supported) without having to raise everyone's taxes to match the city's -- but it looks to me like it's time to reconsider that funding plan. And this storm may help shake up the status quo so that we can address things more realistically:<BR/><BR/>"You want 'free' garbage pickup, and yard waste pickup, and so forth? Great! Here's your new tax rate."<BR/><BR/>Oops -- I just said something honest about taxes and money. No way I'll get that Metro Council seat NOW. :--)<BR/><BR/>::<BR/><BR/>BTW -- I'm one of those thousands without power. Based on the absolute rat's nest of cables right down the street from me, I'm guessing we may go another week without. Panera sure is making a killing off me and mine.<BR/><BR/>Happy Birthday!Bruce Mapleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05998504193385893539noreply@blogger.com