Skip to content
Sign In Subscribe
On the Record — Roger Reinert — archives

On the Record: Roger Said

,   and  Howie
1 min read
Duluth mayor-elect Roger Reinert. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Table of Contents

"Let’s discuss affordable property taxes. In 2016 the City of Duluth General Fund was $80M. In 2022, it was $106M. A 25% increase. In 2016 the City property tax levy was $24.2M. In 2022, it was $43.6M. And that was after a proposed 9% property tax levy increase last fall. That’s a 56% increase in the city property tax levy over the past eight years. No Duluthian I know has seen a 56% increase in their wages over the same time period. 2024? Another proposed increase despite record state aid, and $58M in federal recovery dollars." – Source: Reinert campaign website

Related

On the Record: Roger Said
On the Record

On the Record: Roger Said

EXPECT MORE. DO BETTER. A city that works Streets and utilities. Public safety. Parks and libraries. Tax-base development. Housing. These core services are critical. When city government doesn’t do these well, no one else does. Let’s expect more. Let’s expect city services that work—and work well.

Members Public
On the Record: Roger Said
Roger Reinert. Howie / HowieHanson.com
On the Record

On the Record: Roger Said

Another Duluth mayor-elect Roger Reinert campaign promise – "Right now, everything seems extra hard. Increased property taxes and proposed fees on top of household budgets stretched thin by inflation. Lack of equipment at your neighborhood playground. Days to get out of your driveway after a major storm. Being told to

Members Public

Latest

My Vacation Journal

Howie: My Vacation Journal, Part 1 of 12

The truth is, rural health care isn’t dying—it’s evolving into something the rest of us can barely afford to witness. The doctors are trying, the nurses are saints, but the paperwork alone could clog an artery. Somewhere along the line, healing became a subscription service.

Members Public