If I’m going to run for Trustee, I’m going to do my homework. The articles below hopefully provide some educational benefit if you want to know more about the Village budget. Start with Chasing Development as it describes the way taxes are calculated and the incentives in the system that drive a village’s behavior. Budget History digs into Caledonia’s specific budget numbers over the last few years.
And if those topics aren’t your thing, then just have a peak at them. They will reveal what kind of trustee I will be — always analyzing, always letting the results speak for themselves, always understanding what he’s voting on.
Chasing Development
Chasing development dollars. How are tax levies calculated and the strange connection to TIDs.
What do you do?
A cynic might argue that Tax Increment Districts are intentionally boring and complicated to prevent people from understanding what’s really going on in them. It’s your tax dollars in there, so you might want to learn. Read Intro to Tax Increment Districts first, then start reading about each TID in any order you’d like.
