Welcome to the Citizens for Responsible Government Website. Remember to VOTE NO to Warren Township High Schools tax increase on November 4th, 2008.
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The chart below is from PMA financial, which is the financial advisor to the Warren Board. As you can clearly see the current tax rate in blue drops significantly next year due to the payoff or older bonds. The yellow is the annual TAX INCREASE the board does not want to tell you about if this referendum passes. When you add the numbers in yellow for each year and multiply by 3 (as the chart is for a 100k home), the total is over a $1550 tax increase, this IS NOT a tax cut or rebate.
NOTE: We recommend you copy and paste the chart in a file so that you can clarly see the numbers, this is the largest chart we could post. You may also email us for a copy.
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Citizens for Responsible Government looks out for the taxpayer. If you would like to receive a full copy of the PMA report or further documentation please contact us at stoptaxhike@aol.com and we will forward to you. We want to ensure citizens are making an educated decision on this tax increase. DO NOT BELIEVE THE LITERATURE FROM THE PRO REFERENDUM SIDE THAT STATES "VOTE YES - PAY LESS", YOU ARE PAYING MORE IF THIS PASSES.
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TAX ALERT - On November 4th the CRG encourages a NO Vote on the Warren Township High School Bond Tax Referendum. Many on the Warren Board are misleading the voters that this is a tax rebate or cut, don't fall for their tactics.
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Evidence:
The current board, except one member, is calling this a tax cut or rebate, it is not. How can anyone believe that borrowing 30 million can save on your taxes? The truth is our Bond & Interest rate is and has been scheduled to drop next year as we are paying off debt (see above chart). Some on the board are misleading voters into believing a Yes vote saves money as the overall tax rate will be lower next year. But you are not told that it is not as low as it could of been with a NO vote, therefore this is a tax increase.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The proposed tax increase will cost the average taxpayer in the Warren High School District an unnecessary $1,556.00 over the next four years, based on a $300,000 average housing value. There are other options to the Bond to resolve our space issues, such as: Staggered starts, using O'Plaine for 4 years during the spike in students, completing storage space in the basement at Almond, using space that is being built at SEDOL, using space that is currently available at CLC (University Center), or other options the board could consider. There is no reason to cut student services should this referendum fail, we have viable options.
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The Warren High School Board intends to borrow $30 million if this passes, which will cost the taxpayers almost $50 million over the next 16 years. This is a debt our children will have to pay off.
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The Board didn't limit the amount of referendum to what is needed for the short-term spike in student enrollment, which was between $15-20 million. Instead the Board is asking for $10 million or more for other projects unrelated to expansion.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CRG Goals- The CRG supports frugality in government and low taxes. As a result, CRG opposes most governmental tax increases.
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CRG Ethics - The CRG acts responsibly in educating all citizens, and does not support name calling during a debate. The CRG does not use taxpayers money, nor teacher's union money to campaign - all funds are raised from private sources. All donations received are from residents of Warren and Newport Townships. If you would like to contact us to volunteer, put up a yard sign, ask a question, or make a donation; please email stoptaxhike@aol.com
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The members of the Citizens for Responsible Government hope you find this website informative and helpful.
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