Got my shot.
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Last evening I was sitting on the porch watching the coeds stroll by, and I couldn't help but notice I was pretty well surrounded by wood boring bumble bees. Our deck is looking like new wood after JJ pressure washed it, and they were looking for a home. Being a little bored myself, I thought I'd try to get a shot of one of the critters, but I knew it would be difficult because they did not hover in one place more than a second or so. The biggest problem is focusing on the little fellows; manual focus is out of the question so I had no choice but to use the camera's auto focus. It took a lot of tries before I got one I thought might be suitable, and it turned out ok.
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Got our county property tax assessment a couple of days ago, and it has increased by one-third. The first 13 years we lived here, the rate went up by 10%. They are apparently punishing us because a wheel tax referendum was voted down. Another reason is due to the large influx of geezers from places like New Jersey and Florida whom have made a large financial commitment to live here just to see their home values fall due to ongoing bank mismanagement. They have extra liquidity put away for a rainy day, so the county wants it. The hell of it is the rest of us whom have lived here many years must grab the Vaseline and bend over, too. I expect the city to follow suit and put a big increase on us..
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Last evening I was sitting on the porch watching the coeds stroll by, and I couldn't help but notice I was pretty well surrounded by wood boring bumble bees. Our deck is looking like new wood after JJ pressure washed it, and they were looking for a home. Being a little bored myself, I thought I'd try to get a shot of one of the critters, but I knew it would be difficult because they did not hover in one place more than a second or so. The biggest problem is focusing on the little fellows; manual focus is out of the question so I had no choice but to use the camera's auto focus. It took a lot of tries before I got one I thought might be suitable, and it turned out ok.
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Got our county property tax assessment a couple of days ago, and it has increased by one-third. The first 13 years we lived here, the rate went up by 10%. They are apparently punishing us because a wheel tax referendum was voted down. Another reason is due to the large influx of geezers from places like New Jersey and Florida whom have made a large financial commitment to live here just to see their home values fall due to ongoing bank mismanagement. They have extra liquidity put away for a rainy day, so the county wants it. The hell of it is the rest of us whom have lived here many years must grab the Vaseline and bend over, too. I expect the city to follow suit and put a big increase on us..
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That tax increase is just another example of poor government. Of course they have reasons they will use to justify this, but in reality there is no justification for a tax increase of this size. In times like this they should be holding back tax increases and finding ways to cut the waste out of the budget. This is all too typical of leaders who have no vision and have little regard for the people who voted them into office. What is it going to take for people too start to push back.
If we do not do it now then I fear it will never happen.
My taxes for this year were due in February, but I just last week was able to pay them, along with a sizable penalty plus interest. Next year it will be impossible, especially if the city raises theirs anywhere near as much.
The city and county are having a big school building construction program, and have sold bonds at unfavorable rates to finance them. Now the taxpayers are having to cough up cash for their mismanagement. Every damn one of them is a Republican, and being elected to office in this area's counties almost guarantees them lifetime jobs.
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