Anonymous
02/28/2025 14:37
Subject: Fairfax County considers property tax hike
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:“the Fairfax County School Board is asking the board of supervisors for more money to fund 7% across the board salary increases.”
Read the room FCPS — no one else is getting a raise. We can’t afford to then pay for yours.
FCPS always asks for more than they will ever get.
FCPS is spending $200 million on the ELL population. That is exponentially more in the past 5 years than they've ever spent. Start cuts there.
Is that an accurate number? If so, it’s an obscene amount of money for a single county to be spending on this. It’s a very large amount of money to spend NATIONALLY.
It was the subject of a recently deleted thread. The amount of kids who have shown up in FCPS classrooms from the border in the last four years that cannot speak a word of english is insane.
Exactly.
Anonymous
02/28/2025 14:07
Subject: Fairfax County considers property tax hike
Anonymous wrote:DC is looking better and better with no annual car tax and otherwise tax rates at par or lower with a much higher quality of life.
Sadly, soon to be the land of our dear leader, trumptown or elonville.
Anonymous
02/28/2025 14:02
Subject: Fairfax County considers property tax hike
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:“the Fairfax County School Board is asking the board of supervisors for more money to fund 7% across the board salary increases.”
Read the room FCPS — no one else is getting a raise. We can’t afford to then pay for yours.
FCPS always asks for more than they will ever get.
FCPS is spending $200 million on the ELL population. That is exponentially more in the past 5 years than they've ever spent. Start cuts there.
Is that an accurate number? If so, it’s an obscene amount of money for a single county to be spending on this. It’s a very large amount of money to spend NATIONALLY.
It was the subject of a recently deleted thread. The amount of kids who have shown up in FCPS classrooms from the border in the last four years that cannot speak a word of english is insane.
Anonymous
02/28/2025 07:57
Subject: Fairfax County considers property tax hike
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:“the Fairfax County School Board is asking the board of supervisors for more money to fund 7% across the board salary increases.”
Read the room FCPS — no one else is getting a raise. We can’t afford to then pay for yours.
FCPS always asks for more than they will ever get.
FCPS is spending $200 million on the ELL population. That is exponentially more in the past 5 years than they've ever spent. Start cuts there.
Is that an accurate number? If so, it’s an obscene amount of money for a single county to be spending on this. It’s a very large amount of money to spend NATIONALLY.
Anonymous
02/28/2025 03:09
Subject: Fairfax County considers property tax hike
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:“the Fairfax County School Board is asking the board of supervisors for more money to fund 7% across the board salary increases.”
Read the room FCPS — no one else is getting a raise. We can’t afford to then pay for yours.
FCPS always asks for more than they will ever get.
FCPS is spending $200 million on the ELL population. That is exponentially more in the past 5 years than they've ever spent. Start cuts there.
Anonymous
02/27/2025 23:12
Subject: Fairfax County considers property tax hike
Anonymous wrote:“the Fairfax County School Board is asking the board of supervisors for more money to fund 7% across the board salary increases.”
Read the room FCPS — no one else is getting a raise. We can’t afford to then pay for yours.
FCPS always asks for more than they will ever get.
Anonymous
02/27/2025 14:49
Subject: Fairfax County considers property tax hike
Anonymous wrote:They need to stop wasting money on things like COVID memorials and look at other areas to be more efficient rather than just keep raising taxes.
But then we'd have the same un-woke street, school, park, and other names, because we didn't spend millions in tax dollars to change them, and people's feelings will be hurt by the County's insensitivity, so increasing taxes demonstrate our inclusive, equitable, awake sensibilities and is surely something which justifies continuing to vote for the Democrats on the Board of Supervisors? If, not, you know what to do when elections roll around.
Anonymous
02/27/2025 12:09
Subject: Fairfax County considers property tax hike
They need to stop wasting money on things like COVID memorials and look at other areas to be more efficient rather than just keep raising taxes.
Anonymous
02/27/2025 05:45
Subject: Re:Fairfax County considers property tax hike
Anonymous wrote:Are they asking to be DOGEd? Seriously, I do not see any improvement and my taxes are 2x what they were 10 years ago. In the meanwhile worker's salaries that our taxes pay for didn't double. Where is this money going?
I think it's just a money grab capitalizing on all the new residential construction and visible affluence of the area for no other reason other than skimming more of it. I don't see better public services than 10 years ago, transit still sucks, and schools are the same or cutting things.
Apparently, the plan to balance the budget is to cut funding to emergency services. Malicious compliance to make sure you feel their pain.
Anonymous
02/27/2025 01:29
Subject: Re:Fairfax County considers property tax hike
RE forum has another thread on this exact topic.
Anonymous
02/27/2025 01:28
Subject: Re:Fairfax County considers property tax hike
Are they asking to be DOGEd? Seriously, I do not see any improvement and my taxes are 2x what they were 10 years ago. In the meanwhile worker's salaries that our taxes pay for didn't double. Where is this money going?
I think it's just a money grab capitalizing on all the new residential construction and visible affluence of the area for no other reason other than skimming more of it. I don't see better public services than 10 years ago, transit still sucks, and schools are the same or cutting things.
I think it's just a money grab capitalizing on all the new residential construction and visible affluence of the area for no other reason other than skimming more of it. I don't see better public services than 10 years ago, transit still sucks, and schools are the same or cutting things.
Anonymous
02/27/2025 01:08
Subject: Fairfax County considers property tax hike
Anonymous wrote:Why don't they just start auditing all the people not paying property taxes. Many don't, look up your street on the tax site. How are so many buying new SUVs, taking trips, maid service, constant landscaping projects not paying property tsxes.
If you don't pay your tax there is going to be a lien on the house. And the penalty is very steep for being late with the payment even if for 1 day. You are just spewing nonsense.
Anonymous
02/27/2025 01:04
Subject: Fairfax County considers property tax hike
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’ll be a wash when my property value goes down.
I just got my assessment and it's way up this year.
Ours as well. Up 14%.
Yup. And there’s no way I can sell for that
If you think it’s wrong, appeal it. I am tired of people complaining about their increased assessments but never the increased value of their house.
Increased value means nothing when you have to live there. It's unrealized gains tax.
Anonymous
02/26/2025 18:57
Subject: Fairfax County considers property tax hike
Anonymous wrote:Why don't they just start auditing all the people not paying property taxes. Many don't, look up your street on the tax site. How are so many buying new SUVs, taking trips, maid service, constant landscaping projects not paying property tsxes.
Sounds fake
Anonymous
02/26/2025 18:53
Subject: Fairfax County considers property tax hike
Anonymous wrote:Why don't they just start auditing all the people not paying property taxes. Many don't, look up your street on the tax site. How are so many buying new SUVs, taking trips, maid service, constant landscaping projects not paying property taxes.
Like, did they move stuff into trusts they use and tell the county they have nothing?? I don't have around half million in assets, so why am I paying taxes but they don't. Its an upside down exemption system