Liberal craziness on display once again.
No, Mrs, Brayden renters DO NOT pay property taxes. ONLY property owners pay property taxes or it would not be called a.. say it with me… ” Property Tax ! Jesus !
Only a Liberal such as Mrs. Braydon can twist reality to fit her situation and not even blink. Facts, Logic and not even titles on the taxes get in the way.
The ever lovely Mrs. Brayden just assumes that the evil capitalist land owner ( ie. The Landlord ) raises her rent to reflect the increase in their property taxes and much of the time that is true. But, what she is leaving out is that she will be the first person aboard the ” regulating the rent train ” that is now catching steam around Seattle to prevent this and her reasoning will be because of the ” Greed ‘ of the Landlords we needs this to be done.
In Liberal land reality sucks therefore they have learned the trick to just invent your own state of reality which enables them to ignore such things a Facts and Logic and certainly Math. The Democrats are suddenly the party of ” Science ” when it comes Global warming but obviously Math doesn’t have anything to do with Science..? OMG !
Yes, This altered state of consciousness that I refer to as ” Liberal land ” allows Liberals like Mrs. Brayden to tell you such hallucinogenic tales like the Government run Programs , agencies or pretty much Anything they do is a ” Good return for your dollar ” . i have to admit … after i stopped laughing and found my chair I gave gave her some props. WoW ! Even Harry Reid would laugh on that one.
Yes, it is true ( St3 ) at ( $ 1 Thousand Million Dollars ) -per- mile to move no more than 10% of traffic is a Great Deal in Liberal-ville. So will the Heroin ” Adventureland Amusement park ” downtown and please don’t forget the ( 2 ) Lane non expandable tunnel that replaced the ( 3 ) Lane Viaduct that was built before traffic even started will be a stunning return on investment. Oh.. Don’t forget the Toll that will end when my Great grand children’s Children retire.
The only problem with Mrs. Brayden and the other Liberals is that they live in Seattle and not ” Liberal Land ” and here in Seattle we don’t have money trees that bear Gumdrops filled with gold. We have real taxes that are going up by the second with no consideration of the consequences these wasteful fantasies are having on the people paying the bills.
The sad thing is that Liberals only understand what reality is all about when the sign on the way into Liberal-ville says. ” Welcome to Venzuela ” or ” Thank you for visiting Greece. Please leave your wallet at the door “.
thanks, skeeter.
i roll taxes and insurance into my mortgage payments, so i rarely look at the details. and i’m willing to own up to my own ignorance: i didn’t realize that washington had capped property taxes – which is the very thing that started driving california to its fiscal knees decades ago.
.87%. wow. good research, man.
Redblack I don’t disagree with most of your post. In 2016 the property tax rate in Seattle was only .87%. That’s less than 1%. Really low! The reason it is so low is because assessed values have increased a lot but there is a legislative cap on property tax increase. So the rate is actually *falling* because the base is capped and assessed values are rising.
Voter approved levies are not part of the cap, though. So the portion of tax from levies has increased substantially.
For 2016, the owner of a home in Seattle pays a property tax rate of .87% So a $670,000 house will have property taxes of $5,826.44 for the year. Of that amount $3,338.55 is from the standard state/local/city factor and the remaining $2,487.89 is from voter approved levies.
The OP is concerned with the voter approved levies. For a guy or gal making big bucks, $2,487.89 is chump change. For a person just barely squeaking by in a house they bought some time ago for WAY less than $670,000 that $2,487.89 might be more meaningful. In my opinion it is not an inconsequential number.
As my post earlier explained, we are a just and generous city. We are willing to pay more to support the things important to us – parks, libraries, schools, affordable housing, etc. But some cannot afford it. So they will have to live elsewhere or cut back in other areas of their spending.
To update, I still haven’t found Lily, so I tried Bishop’s Barbershop across from Jefferson Square. Very happy! I saw Mizzy & she was awesome with my color & cut, both were superior. Yes, they’re more expensive than Budget Cuts, but I’m very happy with the results.
hahahahahaha…yeah, let’s blame JoB…that works…you were perfectly happy having the only say until someone disturbed it and disagreed…oh…like in a forum..imagine that. If you just want to have your own page with no disagreement…start one of your own…and be happy there. Only let people who agree post comments :D
have a good weekend !
In line with a comment on a different thread about property taxes, moving to rural locations is one way to get away from the unpleasant aspects of metropolitan living. Otherwise, staying engaged with neighborhood interest groups and delivering constant feedback to city committees and elected officials are the most effective ways of influencing quality of life issues.
Thanks, we probably wouldn’t have been able to find that out anyway, without emergency-responder involvement… but if you ever have a Q or a tip, you are also welcome to text/call our hotline, 24/7, 206-293-6302. Hope the recovery has gone/is going well.
Does anyone know why the Tugboat Dixie is off the shore of Beach Drive? It is towing a dingie and a couple workers got into it and went close to shore as if they are looking for something that may have been lost. Looks like some sort of a recovery operation.
ernieusafret
yes, taxes are a burden on retirement incomes..
but they are also a relatively good return for your dollar
unlike many of the other costs that are escalating
A point of order; PCC’s building will be demolished but PCC will be rebuilt there again as a part of a new building. At least that was the last I saw, here: here.
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oh, and by the way…
so your property taxes might approach 2% of assessed value.
what’s the interest rate on your home loan? and what value do you get for that 4% interest rate that you pay to some zaibatsu bank?
does BofA give you free foot rubs? remodeled fire stations? better school facilities? improved electric service?
or just a bunch of corporate customer service grief, while they dodge federal taxes with your money?
property taxes are collected (and apportioned) by king county, even when cities (like the people’s republic of bellevue) vote to tax themselves a little more in order to finance levies, bonds, etc.
and, by “a little more,” i mean on the order of .0975% increases over a 10-year period. far, far less than 1%, for the mathematically challenged among us.
now, having paid property taxes faithfully in king county for 12 years, i can attest (under oath, if necessary) that property taxes in king county are less than 2% of assessed property value.
do you get where i’m going here?
the only way that anyone’s property taxes have increased by any appreciable notice (like 20%, for example) is through increased valuation by king county.
so you don’t like the commensurate taxation in seattle that results from seattle’s booming economy and increasing property values? or maybe you can’t afford the mortgage you agreed to pay?
there’s great news! you can easily sell your house in pinko and diverse seattle’s white-hot sellers’ market and move someplace that’s friendlier to your hostile, selfish needs… like buckley. or spanaway. or carnation.
then you can bitch about seattle traffic and road maintenance with real, informed gusto.
got any other “facts” or “logic” you want to dazzle me with?
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If you don’t get any luck, you can also drop it off at any Key Bank – like the one at the Junction!
Good luck.
JoB
I realize that you know that you pay taxes in your rent, but how many other voters know this.
Before long West Seattle is going to be like Bellevue, with higher housing costs.
Every time people vote for higher taxes, wages don’t go up to compensate.
I am retired, and when taxes go up my retirement does not.
Before long I will not be able to afford to live here.
I was born and raised here and would like to stay, But….?
BTW, I do vote in every election.
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Uber. My husband and I have used Uber for a few 6:00 am flights (so roughly a 3:45 pickup to play it safe with TSA) and it’s worked every time. You can even schedule a pick up the night before which is more reassuring. Before we realized that was an option, I woke up super early to start checking the app for cars in the area. We’ve also taken Uber home, easy to find at the airport. You can reserve a car a few minutes in advance instead of waiting in line too.
Why are you wasting an opportunity to really listen to each other and discuss the problems facing Seattle?
JoB, very little of that makes any sense. Mostly it’s attacks against things I never said.
A conversation is something I’d be part of. This I don’t need.
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JKB..
thanks for making my point..
once again you avoid the actual issue.
when you have to rely on semantics … denigrating other posters… strictly defined definitions of terms and issues defined only on terms you set to make your point..
you might as well give it up..
I am not at all sorry that advocates for a cause i identify with are making their case in a manner you find offensive…
it is getting press and without press there is no chance for making any case.
I do have to point out however… that when you label the black lives matter as a cause I identify with .. as though there is no basis to that cause.. it says a lot more about why you are offended than i think you wanted to reveal.
this really isn’t about patriotism and the flag at all…
and frankly. that’s not even a clever smoke screen.
which brings us back to the point of the sarcastic comment i made referencing your argument… about “uppity _____ ”
you know.. the comment you chose to misinterpret…
just as you state you didn’t infer that my comment was snarky because you didn’t use the word snarky … or that your argument isn’t based on the protest being socially unacceptable because you didn’t use that phrase either…
It’s really too bad because this could have been such a good conversation.
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the parking issue could be solved with park and ride lots and a bus/trolley that runs the length of california.. increasing accessibility..
as for those monstrosity houses.. the house next to me was torn down and like everyone else i was dreading the big box that went in next door. It doesn’t block as much sun as i thought it would .. it eliminated the overgrown raspberry patch that kept intruding into my yard.. i got new fencing out of it and i got great neighbors.
i have to say.. it didn’t turn out nearly as badly as i had thought it would
JKB..
technically legal?
the technicality here is that an act is either clearly legal or illegal. this one is legal.
I am sorry you are offended by using the national anthem as a vehicle for protests..
but you don’t seem to get that I am equally offended by the behavior that created a need for that protest..
and by the assertion that one should only protest that behavior in a manner that is “socially acceptable” to people who are not offended or affected by the behavior that sparks it..
so..what is your standing here?
What horse do you have in the this race that is so over-riding that you have to take a protest about the manner in which black people are being treated in our justice system about the flag and nationalism.. totally ignoring the stated cause?
i’d love an answer to that question that does not include calling me snarky
