Wednesday, July 11, 2007
 
I'm Not Paying For Waukesha Libraries
But thanks to a creative "funding proposal," some people in communities not served by libraries will get the chance to do so:
    A politically charged proposal to create a new funding source for public libraries in Waukesha County is coming back for a new debate.

    Aimed at capital costs in the countywide network of 16 libraries, the proposal would raise property taxes in non-library communities to provide tax relief in communities with libraries.

    While the county already collects taxes to offset each municipality's cost to operate a library, no such funding mechanism exists to alleviate the costs of building and maintaining the facilities.

    Advocates of the new arrangement contend that residents of non-library communities are not paying their fair share for having unrestricted access to any library in the county.

    But opponents say the new proposal represents taxation without representation because it would affect people who have no influence over how a municipality spends its capital funding.
Those Wisconsin politicos are awfully clever at creating unaccountable authorities for extracting money from their marks citizens, aren't they?

I was home in Wisconsin this month, and I remembered why I love the state; it's cooler, it's greener, and the air is cleaner.

But any news from Wisconsin government reminds me why I'm not moving back any time soon.


- posted by Brian J. @ 10:49 AM
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