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Lake Charles shot down 3 property tax renewals
Posted on 5/16/26 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 5/16/26 at 10:49 pm
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Shall the City of Lake Charles, Louisiana (the "City") continue to levy and collect a tax not to exceed 2.31 mills in any year on all property subject to taxation within the City for a period of ten (10) years beginning with the year 2027, with collections from the levy of the tax estimated to be $1,470,122 for one entire year, for maintenance of public buildings, streets and bridges in the City?
Shall the City of Lake Charles, Louisiana (the "City") continue to levy and collect a tax not to exceed 1.70 mills in any year on all property subject to taxation within the City for a period of ten (10) years beginning with the year 2027, with collections from the levy of the tax estimated to be $1,081,908 for one entire year, for the purpose of maintenance of playgrounds and recreation centers and equipment thereof?
Shall the City of Lake Charles, Louisiana (the "City") continue to levy and collect a tax not to exceed 5.27 mills in any year on all property subject to taxation within the City for a period of ten (10) years beginning with the year 2027, with collections from the levy of the tax estimated to be $3,353,915 for one entire year, for the purposes of maintaining pay increases and starting salaries previously authorized for employees of the Police, Fire, Public Works, and other departments of the City, and for maintenance of a Police Department three platoon system?
People are tired of paying property taxes with little benefit
We have shite roads and they never seem to improve. Public buildings are all shite too.
We do have a decent recreation district but probably have more playgrounds than most cities this size
The fire station closest to me is now only occupied part-time so what are we paying for?
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Posted on 5/16/26 at 10:51 pm to stout
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We have shite roads
You ain’t the only one
Posted on 5/16/26 at 11:07 pm to stout
Evangeline Parish shot down a library tax and a road tax. People are tired of paying taxes and getting nothing in return.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 11:08 pm to stout
My neighbors haven’t met a tax they don’t vote ‘yes’ on. It’s infuriating.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 11:10 pm to stout
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Lake Charles
Shithole
Posted on 5/16/26 at 11:11 pm to cusoonkpd
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Evangeline Parish shot down a library tax and a road tax. People are tired of paying taxes and getting nothing in return.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 11:24 pm to lsuguy84
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lsuguy84
Madisonville
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Lake Charles
Shithole
This post was edited on 5/16/26 at 11:25 pm
Posted on 5/16/26 at 11:29 pm to stout
Problem is these bastards will just bring it up to vote over and over and over.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 11:29 pm to LSU2a
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LSU2a
Posted on 5/16/26 at 11:32 pm to stout
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People are tired of paying property taxes with little benefit We have shite roads and they never seem to improve. Public buildings are all shite too.
Lafourche too.
They voted down a Council on Aging Renewal and two Library Renewals.
Council on Aging was a shocker, but the Library ones needed to fail they were collecting millages for years to rebuild and refurbish several libraries in the parish. I remember a push on one of the renewals was 3 large centralized branches. Never came to fruition. The closest they got was a branch in South Lafourche that was in an old Walmart and was built in conjunction with the Parish to add parish offices and head start at the same location. The building was damaged for Ida and took nearly 4-5 years to renovate.
I think people are tired of paying property taxes and they see the value of their homes going up and taxes increasing with value and little to no services on the back end.
This post was edited on 5/16/26 at 11:33 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 12:02 am to stout
Awesome. Tired of hearing it's not a new tax it's a renewal too.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 6:11 am to UptownJoeBrown
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Problem is these bastards will just bring it up to vote over and over and over.
These appear to be renewals which almost never lose.
Now if they try to re-institute them, it will be labeled as "new" taxes
Posted on 5/17/26 at 6:21 am to stout
The work around for when we vote NO on any new property taxes is the tax assessor comes by and raises the appraisal on our property each year. It's ridiculous how much they appraise it for and how much it has risen in the last 10 years.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 6:31 am to Branson
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The work around for when we vote NO on any new property taxes is the tax assessor comes by and raises the appraisal on our property each year. It's ridiculous how much they appraise it for and how much it has risen in the last 10 years.
There's room for improvement where I'm at in WP. Most people aren't taxed what the law says they should be. I'd rather everyone pay what they're supposed to. If there's still a budget shortfall then we need to see how much admin we can get rid of.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 6:54 am to lsuguy84
You’ve obviously never been to Lake Charles. I live there for 15 years. It’s a great place.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 6:55 am to stout
Lafayette parish finally shot down a tax hike too, I’m very surprised
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