The property tax hike express is now screaming down the track after months of steady rolling.
The tax-hike poll commissioned by defenders of the status quo is the pen-ultimate act of the outside campaign. The final act will be packing county commission and city council budget meetings demanding a tax hike. The inside campaign continues with Mecklenburg County government obscuring the impact of the reval on homeowners’ tax bills while Jennifer Roberts whips votes for a tax hike.
Still unknown is the extent to which local tea party activists are prepared to counter the tax hike push. My sense is much energy is being sucked up by a rather pointless tilt for the head of the local GOP wing. We shall see, however.
