No Pork Left Behind
It looks like Knox County is soon to have a $30 wheel tax (per car, not per wheel). Apparently, the schools will get a big goose egg from the deal. Items to be funded include government raises and a new $45M library, which nobody will use. We have a library and it’s not in too bad shape. And a quick office poll here indicates that nobody knows where it is.
In the 1970s, my hometown of Jefferson County implemented a wheel tax to pay for the new high school. It was supposed to be a temporary (15 years, I think) measure that would expire once they collected enough to pay for the school. It’s 2004 and my family in Jefferson County still pays the tax.
May 25th, 2004 at 11:38 am
Time to move out of Knox County I reckon…How are the taxes down yonder in Blount County?
May 25th, 2004 at 11:41 am
In the city, not so good unless you have kids because you’re paying for quality education (maryville really does have a good school system). In the county (where I currently reside) they’re reasonable but the schools aren’t that great.
May 26th, 2004 at 12:00 am
Thank Jamie Hagood. She sponsored and passed a bill to lift the time restriction in the house four years ago. Actually, this is one of the very few bills she has ever passed. Sigh