2026–27 · City-wide
Cut the program and reduce property taxes
Resident suggests eliminating the participatory budgeting program and using the $2 million to reduce property taxes, calling such programs nice to have rather than essential.
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The idea
Eliminate the program and with the $2 million saved, reduce property taxes. A radical idea such as this one might start a trend to reduce City spending. These programs are "nice to have." Not "have to have."
Details
- Cycle
- 2026–27
- Submitted
- July 19, 2026
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Community
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
- Themes
- Other or unclear
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