Village of Pewaukee – Although not without opposition, Waukesha County Technical College trustees have given administrators the go-ahead to boost property taxes more than $2 million next year.
WTF is this all about? As the article points out, this amounts to a 3.8% tax increase, which is in violation of the state-imposed caps. But guess what? Technical colleges are EXEMPT from the caps.
(Thomas) Neill, who is the City of Waukesha clerk and treasurer, noted that state-imposed tax caps currently limit the city to 2% property tax increases annually. Although other local governments live under tax caps, too, the state’s technical colleges are exempt.
So let me see if I have this straight. There’s an APPOINTED Board of asshats Trustees who are, in essence, accountable to no one and they have the power to raise taxes without state limitations? Oh yeah, not that this state isn’t a tax hellhole.
If the courses at WCTC are in such demand, why not pass along the costs to the students in the form of a tuition increase? Too hard for you clowns (with the exception of Mr.Neill and Ms. Soto-Ryan, who voted against the increase) to understand?
Well, let’s see who’s on the board. A simple search reveals the following:
Hmmm…not a lot of intellectual firepower there. And looks who pops up? Mike Jakus. We ran him out of the Brookfield Common Council a few years ago. But Mike just can’t stop raising taxes. Looks like Mike learned it’s better to be appointed rather than have to answer to those pesky voters.
I have an idea. Let’s put this increase to a vote via a referendum in the affected counties. I mean what the hell, it’s only OUR money they’re trying to steal.
