Teacher Union Sucks wrote on August 27, 2008 12:58 AM: Teacher Unions are only about greedy teachers, and they work to rob the classroom kids. I will vote YES for this measure.

Crash wrote on August 26, 2008 02:57 PM: Fred,
My friend's property taxes DOUBLED over last year! That is more than 50% and is certainly not 3%! Nothing dramatic here....just facts. And an abatement is NOT a cap.
My own property tax INCREASED in a year when house values have dropped.
For businesses and rental properties the 'abatement' is 8% and can happen EVERY year.

Fred wrote on August 26, 2008 01:05 PM: Crash,

Quit being so dramatic. Nobody's property taxes increased by 50%. 3% increase is 3%. Yes, maybe the tax to value ratio may have increased, but not to the the point where you are going to be paying more than what you are supposed to be paying for your home. And if the increase in your property taxes is less than 3% based on the current value of your home, they are not going to make you pay 3% no matter what. 3% is the maximum you would ever see it increase, period, if necessary. Your property tax could even decrease and not even go up at all.

Crash wrote on August 26, 2008 12:31 PM: There is currently NO 'cap' on property tax increases. The 3% is ONLY an abatement that can be pushed aside by the legislators any time they want to raise your taxes. Otherwise how have people's taxes risen by as much as 50% during a time when house values have gone down?! Even if they only used the 3% abatement, your taxes could increase 3% EVERY year and in 6 years the increase would be at 18%!! Can Nevadans afford this?

jed wrote on August 26, 2008 12:20 PM: Hmm, teachers protesting a measure that makes it easier for teachers to buy a new home...

cmon wrote on August 26, 2008 11:32 AM: Alan,

You're the idiot. There already is a cap on property taxes at 3%. The problem with angle's petition is that when you buy a home, the property taxes reset to current values, which will make it harder and discourage people who want to move up to a better home. At least with the 3% cap, everything is capped at 3% no matter what, and I can buy a home without worrying about the property taxes suddenly going through the roof.

LittleBird wrote on August 26, 2008 11:26 AM:
Just how damn much will the teachers union and teachers try to bilk the taxpayer out of?First they want a deal with Addleson for more room taxes,now they want to stop us from capping our property taxes.The teachers are going to let their union run them out of business with their greed.I was going along with the room taxwes because it wouldn't effect us(mostly tourist),but the picture has changed considerably.Rain on the teachers ,their union,and their greed.Get a different job if you don't like the pay.

Alan wrote on August 26, 2008 07:43 AM: Someone uttered the words : Prop 13 was bad for CA and it will be bad for here.

Are you on drugs?...The only things saving the property owners from near financial ruin is Proposition 13, if it wasn't for Proposition 13, homeowners would be paying much much more in taxes. We need a cap in Nevada on property taxes. The teachers dont want a cap on property taxes because they want more money for the schools. They get alot as it is. In fact they never want to cut one dime out of the education budget. But the state needs to do it. I say start cutting programs out of the education budget..cut the teaching in Spanish, cut all programs like this and free up moany.

ths wrote on August 26, 2008 07:07 AM: ANGEL has failed for years on getting this to the ballot, and now there are more questions. Makes me wondering if the signatures are true.

I do agree this should be challenged. When 5% audited it only passed by a slim margin in the number of signatures.

Prop 13 was bad for CA and it will be bad for here. We currently have a 3% can and even though not constitutional takes a 2/3 majority to change it. Politicians want to be voted back in, you will never find a 2/3 majority.

More dangerous is writing tax law into the constitution and we should prevent that from happening.

JD wrote on August 26, 2008 06:38 AM: yes we do indeed get what we pay for and I also agree the Teachers in this state are sooooo far from capable it is pathetic. I remember a few years back when theu found something like 30 of them were convicted sex offenders. Seems that we do more of a background check on bussboys than we do on the teachers.

I can say I spoke to a over 50 year old teacher regarding the state of affairs in Las Vegas, and besides a bunch of belly aching, I found that this person at the ripe age of 50+ had never owned a home, travelled out of country,had children of their own,been married, or anything that most normal people would have done by the age of 30.

This has nothing to do with what we pay them, this is just a person that has done nothing with their life and the only claim to fame they have gotten is a degree, from God knows where as we will take anyone in this town to teach, and other than that they haev been a complete reckloose.

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