From Dave Searles
Brodhead
To the Editor:
For Republicans in the Wisconsin State Legislature property tax relief is limiting and restricting municipalities and schools on how much they can spend on services or schools. If municipalities and schools want to spend more than they have to go to the voters to ask for more money with a referendum vote.
For Democrats in the Wisconsin State Legislature property tax relief is giving state grants and aids to local municipalities and school districts paid for from the state progressive income tax.
Unfortunately, thanks to damn Republicans in the Wisconsin State Legislature, Wisconsin is stuck with the Republican version of property tax relief. This is a major reason why Brodhead has a worse than third world infrastructure and Brodhead Schools have huge deficits. This is not unlike many municipalities and school districts in Wisconsin. In fact, most municipalities and schools have to rely on referendums to survive.
The Republican version of property tax relief in reality is not really property tax relief. Property taxpayers in the long run end up paying much more for municipal services and schools. Republicans are just plain damn idiots that go against common sense.