Do you know a homeowner personally in the state who does not own a car?

I think the Maritime Center has a good party package. And I just went to a kids party at the Village Arts Center in New Milford, they all loved it.

How?

I'm fine with a car tax in theory, but the way that CT does it with it tied to your township mil rate is really unfair. People who live in lower-property-value towns have higher mil rates to make up the difference in tax revenue. That means that the exact same car will be taxed at much higher rate in more impoverished areas than in wealthier areas. It is very regressive the way it is implemented currently.

If you are going to tax cars, there should be a set mil rate that is applied statewide so that the wealthy don't get to pay fewer taxes on the same car as compared to someone of lower socioeconomic status.

Is tomatillo still in new haven? That place had excellent fish tacos

Property tax going up means costs go up for homeowners and renters. Shelter is a necessity. A car is a convenience. Switching the tax burden from a convenience to a necessity is a bad idea.

The vast majority of people who own a home also own a car. The property tax is going to go up in almost equal proportion to the amount of money you save in motor vehicle tax savings.

It does negatively impact the people who don't own a car. But I think that can be worth the savings we get from simplifying the tax system by eliminating the motor vehicle tax system

Finally! The Legislature has agreed to... talk more about it? Is that what we're celebrating here?

Because pricing people out of homeownership is solid economic policy.

I think we should just elminate the car tax and raise property taxes. We would be in the same place, but it would simplify paying and administering property taxes. It isn't a tax cut, but simply revenue neutral tax reform.

The way they close the Westbrook one pisses me off. They block it off and put a lot of effort into blocking it with barriers and barrels, so you can't even use it to pull off the highway. It's fine if they want to close the building, but what's the point of closing the entire parking lot area?

A lot of companies claim fiber when the fiber is just running to the drop and it's copper to the house.

I’m referring to my service call that took 30 days to fulfill

Also there are multiple farmers markets in Florida that are better than any in CT

I want them here so the cops will target them for going one over the speed limit on The Merritt or especially 84 while people with CT plates blast by doing 80. Like, seriously, do you want them to start ticketing people who live here?

Yeah that sums it up!

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Good point! This would be a great time to review the spending to see if that revenue didn’t actually need to be replaced.

I had to deal with the fire tax bill before lol annoying for sure.

Sounds like they’ll just increase property taxes on housing, and we’ll be in the same place.

Just did the same thing and could not be happier

Yeah, WTAF is up with that? We have family in CT so we're there often and crack up at the open hours (something like 8am to 3pm ???) every time.

No one has to pee after 3. Maybe a new slogan?

I dunno about extortion, but the DMV renewal part is a huge pain in the ass. I lived in Middletown for a few years and they apparently split the city into 3 fire districts. If you live downtown your property tax pays for your fire tax bill. If you live in the outskirts you live in a separate fire tax district.

I went to renew my registration and they were like "I'm sorry, you owe $12 to the Westfield Fire District, you can't renew". Took a week to pay and have the debt cleared from the system, huge pain in the ass.

Yea. That's why I drive my 97 shitbox. Taxes were like $15. That savings covers the few repairs. I don't drive a lot but it's sure handy not using bus or Uber to work.

Thanks for responding u/senatorduff. Good to know.