Star Tribune Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:22:22 GMT
Taxes are rising, but tempers aren't
Some Anoka County communities will be getting substantially higher property-tax bills in 2008. But as opposed to previous years, there seems to be fewer complaints, officials said. Two years ago, when citizens in East Bethel learned that their property taxes might increase significantly, more than 300 people jammed the City Council chambers and another 150 called the city finance director. But this year, when East Bethel residents learned property taxes would likely rise 13 percent or more, fewer than 10 people called Bob Sundberg, the city's finance director, and only seven protested via e-mail. "Our residents aren't complaining," Sundberg said this week. "Nobody ever celebrates an increase in property tax, but the people living in East Bethel understand what they're getting for their taxes." According to figures supplied by counties in the metro area, East Bethel, Ham Lake and Linwood Township citizens are expected to see the largest percentage increases in property taxes in Anoka County next year.
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