Personal Property Tax Bill Would Hike Farmington Schools Taxes, Superintendent Says
Superintendent Susan Zurvalec says several pieces of legislation moving through the 'lame duck' legislature could have serious impacts on the district.
While attention has focused on school reform bills moving through Michigan's lame duck legislature, Farmington Public Schools Supt. Susan Zurvalec says other proposed legislation could have a serious impact on the district: HB 6022, 6024, 6025 - Eliminating personal property tax "The tax is really not a good tax," Zurvalec said, but school officials want to see full replacement of the revenue generated by taxing business furnishings and equipment. The current proposal would replace 80 percent. Zurvalec said the loss of that revenue would force the district to raise its millages for bonded debt payments. The owner of a home with a $100,000 taxable value would end up paying an additional $22 a year. "Our local residents are really footing …
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Homer Simpson
8:35 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
That demonization of Wall Street by Zurvalec was basically a cut and paste of an email sent by the MEA. This behavior isn't surprising. The longtime communications head of FPS(who recently retired) would send out union cliff notes on issues quite frequently. more ›