WATERBURY - On Saturday, October 23rd Teikyo Post University’s Equine Resources Committee hosted a very successful training seminar featuring David ...
Help Sought To Keep Newtown’s
Tree-Lighting Tradition Bright
Fifteen years ago the Newtown Chamber of Commerce decided to begin an annual tradition ...
Reaching The Community Through The Back Door
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The basement of St John’s Episcopal Church has white stucco walls and is warmed by soft l...
Horse Shows
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Supports Chief’s Dismissal
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Dear Chie...
State Grants Horse Guard Funding For New Stables
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The horses of the Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard on the grounds of Fairfiel...
Thomas Scanzillo
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Conservation Panel Considers
Development Off Butterfield Road
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Night Hike At Kellogg Center
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I hope that concerned folks will focus on the budget that we vote to approve each year. It is the primary determinant of the taxes we pay. Assessments are, in a way, the distribution or redistribution of that tax burden across taxpayers based on the value of their homes. Even if there were no revaluation taking place, we would be paying more tax because we voted for an increased budget. The only other offset would be a meaningful increase in businesses or new homes providing additional tax revenues. As I understand it, the mil rate will adjust based on valuations (grand list) to provide the budget we vote for. Taxes will go up until we spend less or get more revenue from new sources.
Editor's Note: It should also be pointed out that NYA (and NVAC) built their own building — which has a footprint larger than Newsylum, Parent Connection, and the Ambulance headquarters combined — that each of the latter organizations also contributed their own significant funds to their construction and improvement projects; and that Newsylum and the Parent Connection both improved existing abandoned buildings that may have otherwise continued to be unused and deteriorating.
