The committee might be all democrat. I know they have the super majority, but there might be one or two Republicans. Imagine telling tax payers that they are going to have to pay 15 fucking percent more this year after having raised it 4 of the last 5 years. I read 3 articles. None talked about cutting spending.
Classic dumbass democrat thinking.
Here is an example:
Ramos said the budget gap between revenue and expenses, as of July 17, was $8.7 million, so staff proposed an increase of 0.4615 mills, which would increase the property tax rate to 6.8912 mills, 7.2% higher than the current millage rate and 14.96% higher than the rolled-back rate of 5.9944 mills (the rolled-back rate would generate the same amount of property tax revenue as the previous year, given the increase in property values).