Mission (KS) on a mission to implement new "driveway tax"

[healthpellets]

Basically, you pay based on how many "trips" your property produces.

For instance, a single family home produces 9.5 trips per day, resulting in a yearly driveway tax of $72.

A box store produces 8500 trips per day, and may be taxed upwards of $60,000 a year. Of course, we'll have to see how their agreed tax breaks account for new taxes.

Of course, this is all being implemented because instead of cutting spending, the Mission city council wants to spend more. And since property taxes and sales taxes can't be counted on for consistent funds, they found a new way to create a source of income.

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/18...veway-tax.html

Instead of relying on sales and property taxes for roads, the city will start charging fees based on how much traffic properties produce.

The City Council on Wednesday night approved a new fee charging every homeowner $72 a year and small businesses $3,558 a year beginning in December.

The fee is expected to raise $1.2 million a year to help finance $38 million in road improvements during the next 10 years. It also will help fund a new express bus service between Overland Park and the Country Club Plaza that will run through Mission.

City officials said they desperately needed the money for deteriorating streets. But some residents said it’s a bad time economically for what’s essentially a tax increase.

[Bwana]

Seriously, what's next, perhaps a flush tax. Every time you give the old thunder cup a pull, you get taxed fifty cents. Someone round these brain children up and run them through a wood chipper.

[healthpellets]

i was under the impression, and i'm pretty new to these parts, that all these little suburbs like mission, fairway, leawood, etc are all pretty conservative.

am i wrong there?

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by healthpellets

i was under the impression, and i'm pretty new to these parts, that all these little suburbs like mission, fairway, leawood, etc are all pretty conservative.

am i wrong there?

Extremely and they are also wealthy for the most part.

[healthpellets]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

Extremely and they are also wealthy for the most part.

that's what i thought. but i couldn't figure out how they talked themselves in to this new tax which, in some cases, is pretty substantial.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

Extremely and they are also wealthy for the most part.

Mission is not a wealthy area.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Mission is not a wealthy area.

He asked about all the suburbs and they are almost all wealthy which is what I said.

Out of 630 cities in Kansas they rank 17th right behind Shawnee Mission

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

He asked about all the suburbs and they are almost all wealthy which is what I said.

Out of 630 cities in Kansas they rank 17th right behind Shawnee Mission

Just clarifying.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Just clarifying.

It's cool. I think it is all kind of confusing because you have Shawnee Mission, Mission, Mission Hills, Mission Woods...**** how many Missions do we need in 1 county?

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

It's cool. I think it is all kind of confusing because you have Shawnee Mission, Mission, Mission Hills, Mission Woods...**** how many Missions do we need in 1 county?

I don't think that Shawnee Mission is an actual city. It's more of a district. There is Shawnee and Mission. It's kind of like Ray-Pec.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

I don't think that Shawnee Mission is an actual city. It's more of a district. There is Shawnee and Mission. It's kind of like Ray-Pec.

I learn something new everyday. Thanks Saul.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

I learn something new everyday. Thanks Saul.

Don't take it to the bank. I'm not 100% sure about it, but I think it's right.

[blaise]

It seems like a double tax. You already pay property tax on the property.

[healthpellets]

Originally Posted by blaise

It seems like a double tax. You already pay property tax on the property.

i'd much prefer a driveway tax instead of a property tax since you already paid a tax on the property when you purchased it.

and the driveway tax seems like a more even way to distribute the burden.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Mission is not a wealthy area.

Should be, from all the revenue they garner from nabbing speeders on a two mile stretch of I-35.