Jun 21 2008
Cary Lowers Tax Rate… 36 hours After Raising it
Cary’s property-tax rate is back at 33 cents.
The Town Council voted 5-2 Friday morning to back down the tax rate only 36 hours after raising it to 37 cents.
Jennifer Robinson, for whom the decision to vote for the 37-cent rate on Wednesday was visibly difficult, asked the council to reconsider.
She cited her earlier ambivalence and the state of the economy as reasons she wanted to switch.
“I don’t think anybody feels good about it,†Robinson said.
Don Frantz and Gale Adcock also switched their votes.
Mayor Harold Weinbrecht and Julie Robison voted against setting the property-tax rate at 33 cents.
Weinbrecht said he was concerned about the impact that the lower rate would have on funding for parks and road projects.
“I think at 33 [cents] we’re cutting†some of those projects, Weinbrecht said.
Well, at least they got it right the second time. When people are struggling just to buy groceries, local governments have to cut back. Somebody tell Mayor Weinbrecht that his projects can wait until his constituents stop hurting financially.
