If you want to make Durango more unaffordable for those on fixed incomes and people making low wages vote for the city tax increase.
If ensuring that all Durangoans can afford to live here for the next few decades is important, reject this excessive and unnecessary tax increase.
The $250-$300 million dollar tax proposal would continue for 25 years. While the council cited the initial property tax increase of $153 a year for a $400,000 home, property taxes will increase over 25 years as housing values increase. Increases will be passed on in higher rents.
Personal money spent on sales taxes increases as the price of goods increases. Low-income folks will struggle.
Ensuring that all people can live in Durango takes priority over the new buildings the city wants to build and supplementing operating expenses, which now includes significant fat.
Citizens have suggested how the city can live within their budget without this excessive new tax but the council has chosen not to listen.
Perhaps the next council will.
Michael Todt
Durango
