| Author |
Message |
    
Mangoshoes
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 1:03 pm: |     |
Does anybody know the new taxes for houses in Dickens' Village? I heard a rumor from Rob at the Bagel Chateau, that they're going up over 3000%.This may seem a lot, however, it has been over 100 years since their last assessment. |
Overtaxdalready
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 1:05 pm: | |
Are you trying to tell me I've been subsidizing Dickens' Village all these years? |
Mangoshoes
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 1:06 pm: | |
It's Dickens' Village...duh... |
Overtaxdalready
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 1:07 pm: | |
Yeah, I can read...duh |
Mangoshoes
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 1:10 pm: | |
Ole' Charlie sure may have come from the eastside, but he was a notorious westside slumlord! I meant
that "duh" for me, not you, overtaxed...sorry |
Musicme
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 1:12 pm: | |
They're taxed at only a partial rate as
1) they're mobile homes, and
2) they are only inhabited for a short time each year, pro-rated, but they are on a long schedule.
You do the math. |
Mangoshoes
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 1:13 pm: | |
Is that old math or new math? |
Overtaxdalready
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 1:14 pm: | |
No problem. I just hope we can see that justice is done in this case so that those of us who have been overypaying for Dicken's village all these years get some relief. |
Musicme
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 1:16 pm: | |
Chicago math - pluueese! |
Mangoshoes
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 1:19 pm: | |
I'm in trouble. My wife is from Chicago and she does our books...Ouch... |
Rckymtn
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 1:24 pm: | |
I also heard that a number of children from neighboring towns actually use Dickens' Village as their address so that they can claim residency here and attend our stellar schools. Has anyone investigated these illegal students? At any rate, I'm certainly glad to know that they will soon be paying their fair share of taxes. |
Musicme
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 1:26 pm: | |
Eastside or Westside o' Chicago?
Or is it called lakeside and not? |
Musicme
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 1:31 pm: | |
Rocky,
You're glad to know that at any rate they'll be paying?
What rate?
Is that different than my rate?
grrr... |
Mlj
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 2:31 pm: | |
I heard they all signed a petition and will threaten litigation and/or recall of TC. They will be attending the meeting Tuesday night. Should be pretty scary. |
Freddy
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 8:16 pm: | |
I wonder what Scrooge has to say about all this? |
Ffof
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 9:24 pm: | |
re-do and re-val. |
Lah
| | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 9:25 pm: | |
My shed was assessed for $1000. Dickens Village has about 8 of them, so I'd get $8000 for the "improvements". As for the land, I'd guess that they'd get a $170K "neighborhood charge" (see other post re: new letters from Certified). That would put them at $178K in assessed value. Maybe I can afford to live there. |
Jake
| | Posted on Saturday, January 20, 2001 - 8:39 am: | |
If anybody has any questions, please direct them to Gerry Ryan. We are well aware of his astute grasp of the facts on this inticate tax topic & his overwhelming willingness to get right to the heart of the problem & solve it!! |
Patty
| | Posted on Saturday, January 20, 2001 - 12:37 pm: | |
Thanks for the giggle, Mango. You made my day.
"Old Tax was dead as a doornail..."
(Well shiver me timbers and call me Ishmael.) |
Flugermongers
| | Posted on Sunday, January 21, 2001 - 11:02 am: | |
You know, I was happily living inside a small quaint cottage in Dicken's Village until you all started making a ruckus about it! Now I have to duck when people walk bye. I'm gonna be out on my drumsticks soon, and it is all because of you! Hope you are happy. 
Haha.
You know the irony of that statement lies in the fact that, that is the way a whole lotta Maplwoodians feel, non-fiction.
Thanx for the laugh all, it is always nice to fall on my arse laughing about something that is causing trouble, I do it often (guess it is a defense mechanism) TeeHeeHee.  |
Flugermongers
| | Posted on Sunday, January 21, 2001 - 11:04 am: | |
And Rob, you are a very funny man |
Mlj
| | Posted on Sunday, January 21, 2001 - 12:10 pm: | |
And do you think it is a laughing matter that their "view" (from their backyards) is of the parking lot? Was that considered in their assessment?? |
Flugermongers
| | Posted on Sunday, January 21, 2001 - 4:08 pm: | |
Yes, that's why there is the "shed" factor. |