Arlington in deep financial trouble -- $30-$40 million budget deficit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once the deportations get rolling APS will need less money.

They can hire more admin staff. You need at least two managers for every teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.arlnow.com/2024/11/27/arlington-county-forecasting-30-40-million-budget-gap/

The situation is dire, and higher taxes are on the way.

There are over 100K households in Arlington.

$40M amortized across 100K households is $400 -- not a trivial amount, but relatively small compared to Arlington's average household income.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.arlnow.com/2024/11/27/arlington-county-forecasting-30-40-million-budget-gap/

The situation is dire, and higher taxes are on the way.

There are over 100K households in Arlington.

$40M amortized across 100K households is $400 -- not a trivial amount, but relatively small compared to Arlington's average household income.

+1

And the wealthier households will shoulder more of this b/c their homes are more expensive.

I’m totally ok paying more to have nice amenities. I know people on here love to hate on Arlington, but the reality is a lot of people want to live here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.arlnow.com/2024/11/27/arlington-county-forecasting-30-40-million-budget-gap/

The situation is dire, and higher taxes are on the way.

There are over 100K households in Arlington.

$40M amortized across 100K households is $400 -- not a trivial amount, but relatively small compared to Arlington's average household income.

+1

And the wealthier households will shoulder more of this b/c their homes are more expensive.

I’m totally ok paying more to have nice amenities. I know people on here love to hate on Arlington, but the reality is a lot of people want to live here.

How much more are you willing to pay for the same quality of public services?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.arlnow.com/2024/11/27/arlington-county-forecasting-30-40-million-budget-gap/

The situation is dire, and higher taxes are on the way.

There are over 100K households in Arlington.

$40M amortized across 100K households is $400 -- not a trivial amount, but relatively small compared to Arlington's average household income.

+1

And the wealthier households will shoulder more of this b/c their homes are more expensive.

I’m totally ok paying more to have nice amenities. I know people on here love to hate on Arlington, but the reality is a lot of people want to live here.

How much more are you willing to pay for the same quality of public services?

DC resident here:
Arlington is clean, safe, convenient. People will pay a lot for that. The county needs to also engage in some belt tightening to show that its just all about cutting taxes. And maybe automatically sunset the tax hike in four years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.arlnow.com/2024/11/27/arlington-county-forecasting-30-40-million-budget-gap/

The situation is dire, and higher taxes are on the way.

There are over 100K households in Arlington.

$40M amortized across 100K households is $400 -- not a trivial amount, but relatively small compared to Arlington's average household income.

+1

And the wealthier households will shoulder more of this b/c their homes are more expensive.

I’m totally ok paying more to have nice amenities. I know people on here love to hate on Arlington, but the reality is a lot of people want to live here.

How much more are you willing to pay for the same quality of public services?

DC resident here:
Arlington is clean, safe, convenient. People will pay a lot for that. The county needs to also engage in some belt tightening to show that its just all about cutting taxes. And maybe automatically sunset the tax hike in four years.

The government isn’t the reason that it’s clean and safe. The people that live there are the reason why clean and safe. So paying higher taxes to the government for an externality that the government has no influence over makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.arlnow.com/2024/11/27/arlington-county-forecasting-30-40-million-budget-gap/

The situation is dire, and higher taxes are on the way.

There are over 100K households in Arlington.

$40M amortized across 100K households is $400 -- not a trivial amount, but relatively small compared to Arlington's average household income.

Yeah. This is not significant. $100 million would be shrugged off. Not sure what OPs goal was but OP you are way off.

[Anonymous]

I will pay $400 for parks but I pay enough for other people's kids. All my life I pay for schools. Bloated, ineffective schools. No kids of my own.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.arlnow.com/2024/11/27/arlington-county-forecasting-30-40-million-budget-gap/

The situation is dire, and higher taxes are on the way.

There are over 100K households in Arlington.

$40M amortized across 100K households is $400 -- not a trivial amount, but relatively small compared to Arlington's average household income.

+1

And the wealthier households will shoulder more of this b/c their homes are more expensive.

I’m totally ok paying more to have nice amenities. I know people on here love to hate on Arlington, but the reality is a lot of people want to live here.

How much more are you willing to pay for the same quality of public services?

DC resident here:
Arlington is clean, safe, convenient. People will pay a lot for that. The county needs to also engage in some belt tightening to show that its just all about cutting taxes. And maybe automatically sunset the tax hike in four years.

The government isn’t the reason that it’s clean and safe. The people that live there are the reason why clean and safe. So paying higher taxes to the government for an externality that the government has no influence over makes no sense.

^This - there are great people here!