Tag: revenue neutral rate
Lansing superintendent published false claims in ad pushing a 12% tax hike
USD 469 Lansing last week published on its website an advertisement entitled “Revenue Neutral Rate Explained” designed to encourage support…
Some Overland Park employees got big raises in 2022
The City of Overland Park last year stuck taxpayers with a 10% property tax hike and now we know that…
Most elected officials in Sedgwick County propose big property tax hikes
Sedgwick County residents are being hammered by government-spending-induced inflation. U.S. Census data show the county lost population last year, and…
Shawnee City Council overrules mayor, staff in property tax increase
A new conservative majority on the Shawnee City Council flexed its muscle and recently approved a cut of two mills…
Transparency works: 52% of local entities won’t increase property tax
Property tax transparency is working even better than proponents hoped, with 52% of local taxing authorities in Kansas deciding to…
Overland Park city council won’t be honest with citizens
Last night’s Overland Park revenue neutral hearing showed why Kansans support the new Truth in Taxation law. Taxpayers are fed…
Go to RNR hearings and demand lower property tax
There will be a lot of RNR hearings coming in the next four weeks where local officials will try to…
Truth in Taxation is already saving millions in property tax
Now that local officials have to be honest about the entire property tax increase they impose on residents and businesses,…
USD 420 Osage City and Osage County may reduce property taxes
If Osage City School Board President Jay Bailey can convince a few other board members, the district may slightly decrease…