http://www.wfpl.org/2010/01/21/in-louisville-suburban-dollars-fund-urban-services-but-benefits-are-often-shared/ Louisville's NPR News Station Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.wfpl.org/2010/01/21/in-louisville-suburban-dollars-fund-urban-services-but-benefits-are-often-shared/#comment-789 Jeff Nolin Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:52:10 +0000 http://www.wfpl.org/?p=12245#comment-789 I need for somebody to go all of the way back to the beginning with this Water Company thread. I need for somebody to go all of the way back to the beginning with this Water Company thread.

]]> http://www.wfpl.org/2010/01/21/in-louisville-suburban-dollars-fund-urban-services-but-benefits-are-often-shared/#comment-788 Ken Herndon Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:20:29 +0000 http://www.wfpl.org/?p=12245#comment-788 the argument regarding the Water Co. dividends is not bogus. The old city owned it outright, took the financial risk to expand lines and facilitites and got all of the dividends. After Merger, those dollars were put into the general fund where, since two thirds of the people who live outside the Urban Services boundaries, two thirds of the annual revenues, that should have stayed within those boundaries, was distributed to people who were not paying a penny extra in taxes. Suburbanites were paying for their water before Merger without having to take any of the risk of developing the infrastructure and they continue to pay - exactly as they did before. the only thing that has changed is that the old City has lost two thirds of the money that it once relied upon - breaking the promise of Merger. the argument regarding the Water Co. dividends is not bogus. The old city owned it outright, took the financial risk to expand lines and facilitites and got all of the dividends. After Merger, those dollars were put into the general fund where, since two thirds of the people who live outside the Urban Services boundaries, two thirds of the annual revenues, that should have stayed within those boundaries, was distributed to people who were not paying a penny extra in taxes. Suburbanites were paying for their water before Merger without having to take any of the risk of developing the infrastructure and they continue to pay – exactly as they did before. the only thing that has changed is that the old City has lost two thirds of the money that it once relied upon – breaking the promise of Merger.

]]> http://www.wfpl.org/2010/01/21/in-louisville-suburban-dollars-fund-urban-services-but-benefits-are-often-shared/#comment-787 The Urban Services Feature « The Edit: WFPL's Gabe Bullard blogs the news Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:08:57 +0000 http://www.wfpl.org/?p=12245#comment-787 [...] about the discrepancy between Urban Services District tax revenue and the cost of urban services. You can listen to the expanded story here. The USD tax doesn’t generate enough money to pay for the services USD residents get, but the [...] [...] about the discrepancy between Urban Services District tax revenue and the cost of urban services. You can listen to the expanded story here. The USD tax doesn’t generate enough money to pay for the services USD residents get, but the [...]

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