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Entries Tagged as 'Taxes'

Anticipated 2009 tax levy for City of Brookfield residents

October 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s the detailed page from the new City of Brookfield executive budget showing what residents can expect to pay in both the Elmbrook and Waukesha school districts.
Thanks to Director of Finance Robert Scott for providing the electronic version of…

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Tags: Brookfield · Elmbrook · Taxes

Just wrap yourself up in that flag!

September 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Ok, everyone knows by now that Joe Biden told a group in Sarasota, Florida that you should tell acquaintances worried about Obama’s tax plan that paying your taxes is patriotic.

What no one is talking about is that crowd’s reaction!…

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Tags: Taxes · the race for president

City of Brookfield new construction at 1%

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments

That’s what we read this morning. Of course, we knew that was growth in assessed value was about that last June. Under the state revenue caps, the property tax levy - the total taxes collected - are allowed to rise…

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Tags: Brookfield · Taxes

About Obama and those taxes

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s going to cost a lot more than promised if Obama is elected President and passes his tax plans. We talked about it at the end of July where I linked to a Tax Policy Center report.
Also at the…

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Tags: Obama · Taxes

Wisconsin supreme court sides with Walgreens

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m checking into whether or not this could have serious implications for Brookfield’s tax base. From the Capital Times:
The city of Madison, the school district and other governmental tax districts will have to pay back hundreds of thousands of…

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Tags: Brookfield · Taxes · Wisconsin