Sentences with phrase «local tax dollars take»

The outreach and education is funded by grants and donations, and local tax dollars take care of the basic operating costs.

Not exact matches

In exchange for taking its parkland, soaking up taxpayer dollars (in the form of subsidies and tax breaks) and bringing more traffic congestion and parking woes to the area, the Yankees (and the city which backed the project) promised to provide local jobs, quickly restore parkland and give back money to community groups and programs on annual basis.

Ironically, the federal dollars arrived before the recession - induced fiscal crunch hit local revenues from local property taxes, as it takes a year or two, sometimes longer, for depressed property to be assessed at its new, lower value.

«Why should a rural legislator vote to take tax dollars from his or her local schools to send to private schools in faraway cities?

Voters being asked to pass district levies for new school construction should also ask their elected officials why Idaho isn't taking advantage of federal dollars that help new schools launch without their local taxes going up.