water run off fees and other taxes.

We have water run off fees here in the city of Des Moines, Ia. The fees a=

re bases on how much covered surface you have on your property. For examp=

le if you have a drive way 10 by 50. The charge would be so much per SF. =

Also the city is going to spend 220 million dollars to up grade the sewersystem, this is being mandated by the federal government.

So now the city of Des Moines is going to raise our taxes so much per =

$1000.00 of assessed value on our homes. On top of that the city just rai=

sed the city budget 12% or about 75 million dollars. We give millions of =

dollars to large companies in tax breaks, yet we have people that can't p=

ay their property taxes and the county sells the property for taxes. We n=

eed a system that is fair and equable to everyone. Not only to our peoplebut to our are small business people.

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