Voters Approve $768 Million in Referendum Tax Increases in Spring 2019 Election

By MacIverNews - April 8, 2019

Property Taxes, Referendums, School District Referenda, School Referendums, Taxpayers

MacIver News Service – In the spring 2019 election, voters across 48 districts approved 44 referenda amounting to $768 million in tax increases. Of the proposed $1.2 billion, voters approved 64 percent, a significant decrease in referendum passage rates. Read More Voters Approve $768 Million in Referendum Tax Increases in Spring 2019 Election

News And Views: Referendum Results And Big Labor’s Best Friend

By Chris Rochester - November 12, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gov Scott Walker, Gov. Tony Evers, Oliver Burrows, Right to Work, School Referendums, Scott Walker, Tony Evers, WXCO

MacIver Communications Director Chris Rochester joins Oliver Burrows on WXCO in Wausau to talk about the fallout from last week’s big election. Tony Evers defeated Scott Walker, ushering in a new era of divided government; and voters approved nearly $1.4 billion in new school spending. And solemn thoughts on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s financial situation. Read More News And Views: Referendum Results And Big Labor’s Best Friend

MacIver News Minute: School Districts Mask True Tax Impact Of Spending Sprees

By Chris Rochester - October 25, 2018

Burlington, Edgerton, MacIver News Minute, Property Taxes, Referendum, School District Referenda, School Funding, School Referendums, Watertown, Waukesha

Here’s the treat: homeowners in school districts around the state are in line to get serious property tax relief. But the trick is that the school districts want to keep that from happening, instead proposing significant new spending while claiming it won’t have much of an impact on taxes. Conveniently overlooked, however, is how much taxes would drop absent the spending sprees. Read More MacIver News Minute: School Districts Mask True Tax Impact Of Spending Sprees

On The John Muir Show: School Districts Seize The “Opportunity” To Raise Taxes

By Chris Rochester - October 19, 2018

Burlington, Edgerton, John Muir Show, Property Taxes, Referendum, School District Referenda, School Funding, School Referendums, Watertown, Waukesha, WTAQ

MacIver’s Matt Kittle joins John Muir on WTAQ in Green Bay to discuss school district spending requests. In particular, districts are looking to backfill spending that was made possible by the now-defunct Energy Efficiency Exemption with a spate of new spending measures on the November ballot, peddling the shopping spree essentially as “free” money. What they ignore is that property taxes could be dropping like a rock – something school districts are doing all they can to prevent from happening. Read More On The John Muir Show: School Districts Seize The “Opportunity” To Raise Taxes

School Districts Use Projected Tax Cuts To Hide Huge Referendum Tax Hikes

By MacIverNews - October 16, 2018

Burlington, Edgerton, Property Taxes, Referendum, School District Referenda, School Funding, School Referendums, Watertown, Waukesha

By Bill Osmulski – From the tactics and literature accompanying this year’s referendums, it appears the harder the state works to provide property tax relief, the harder local school officials will work to keep local taxpayers from ever benefiting from it. Read More School Districts Use Projected Tax Cuts To Hide Huge Referendum Tax Hikes