City out of Control

[GTO Man]

Madison seems to be a city which has lost control in a number of areas:

— Crime – even though they say some types of crime are going down I wouldn’t believe it. Many crimes are now self-reporting where in the past they haven’t been. It saves on Police resources, but on the other hand many of those crimes are never reported now. Incidents which are actually more than 1 crime being committed are reported now as just 1 crime. Police in Madison don’t seem to know how to deal with what is happening. They would of been much better off recognizing what was going on(gangs, drug addicts, etc) and doing something before it got out of control.

— Traffic – Many drivers in this city can be categorized as rude, aggressive, and ignorant.Cell phones should be banned while driving.

— Taxes – keep going up and the level of services keep going down. Maybe the city can’t do everything for everyone. It will be very interesting if the School Board uses the surprise funds it will be getting in State revenue(approximately 17 million more than expected) to reduce the tax levy for the schools. That would basically keep the School tax increase to nearly 0.

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[GTO Man]

And many of the towns and cities in Dane County are no better.

[Anonymous]

We’re lucky, our proprty taxes didn’t go up last year and they voted to not raise taxes this year.

So far so good!

[moparkid25]

GTO Man wrote:

And many of the towns and cities in Dane County are no better.

I’ve said for years that the Madison progressives on the County Board want to control the whole county, not just the city. Property values go down while your taxes go up… :angry:

[Anonymous]

Don’t feel bad, if you win a gold medal at the olympics the government rewards you by taxing you on the medal and any cash you win.

[thekcarguy]

I agree on the crazy driver’s…I was on my way to a show at the energy center..and people sure were rude..Had my little aries zipping along at 70-75 MPH just not to get hit or have the bird in my face..

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