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Are you suggesting the state doesn't spend anything on Dare county?
No. And how you concocted that notion I have no idea.
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Are you suggesting that people who own expensive property are entitled to lower tax rates?
The real estate excise tax. It is a universal rate. What you pay in New Hanover is the same paid in Dare- $1 per every $500. This is the only real estate tax I have mentioned.
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No. And how you concocted that notion I have no idea.
You asked whether or not I thought the state could give a little back.
This implies that you think if we take away bridge maintenance, then Dare County wouldn't be getting anything from the state.
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The real estate excise tax. It is a universal rate. What you pay in New Hanover is the same paid in Dare- $1 per every $500. This is the only real estate tax I have mentioned.
It may be, but you aren't the only poster here. I said their property taxes were lower. I implied that state transfers enabled this. You responded to MY comment about property taxes by saying, "But their housing values are higher," which has no impact on the fact that Dare County has lower property tax rates than my county.
should an alternative way of thinking be used[ highly doubt it]
perhaps these middle towns could be allowed to become islands, which
is what nature keeps trying to tell us.
while there will be a drop in revenue it won't all disappear. I dare say that it will be a minor drop.
home owners and renters would take a ferry creating an
even more exclusive hide away.
as someone stated earlier, the majority of revenue
will still come from towns that are currently reachable by car.
if Dare County wants to pay for it, sure. i'm all for it.
if the highway is so economically important, like you imply, then it oughta be easy for Dare County to pay for. I also couldn't help but notice that their property tax rate is lower than ours here in New Hanover County. I guess that means we're all paying, so Dare County can keep it's taxes low.
I'm pretty sure highways are maintained and built using revenue from the state's gas tax.
correct, and the question when it comes to highways, is the geographic disparity between where the funds are collected and where the funds are spent.
That'sa bigger issue than Hwy 12 specifically, mosey on over to the Charlotte or Western Carolina board and see hoe much they complain about roads being paved and repaved in the Eastern part of the State and negelcted in the West. Look at 264 and 64 which are interstate grade roads versus the volume of traffic that uses them. Look at the ongoing expansion of US 17 and US 70. Sometimes I feel like the start at one end of 70 in the east and start paving and as soon as they get to the end they start all over again.
That'sa bigger issue than Hwy 12 specifically, mosey on over to the Charlotte or Western Carolina board and see hoe much they complain about roads being paved and repaved in the Eastern part of the State and negelcted in the West. Look at 264 and 64 which are interstate grade roads versus the volume of traffic that uses them. Look at the ongoing expansion of US 17 and US 70. Sometimes I feel like the start at one end of 70 in the east and start paving and as soon as they get to the end they start all over again.
Sure look how long it took to rebuild the bridge on 85 at the Yadkin River. The damn thing was about the drop in the water. I am sure that I-85 and for that matter I-95. Brings in a couple of dollars.
Look at the ongoing expansion of US 17 and US 70. Sometimes I feel like the start at one end of 70 in the east and start paving and as soon as they get to the end they start all over again.
17 and 70 are part of STRAHNET so they're always going to be constantly maintained.
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