When you pick-up the phone and dail 911 or 311 what do you expect to happen? What if no one answered your call for help, what would you do? The employees of the City of Chattanooga do a tremendous job and most of the time without compliant. The story no one tells is that most all city employees have not had any type of raise in the past seven years, but there insurance cost continue to rise with out fail every year. Most of the Fire and Police in the city have to hold down two jobs just to make ends meet, but you never hear those stories in the news. So citizens of Chattanooga keep complaining about paying higher taxes and see where it get us. One day when its your emergency and there is no one there to help because the city has to continue to cut its employee's benefits, and close Police precincts and close Fire Stations and lay-off its employees, just because you do not want pay a higher property tax. We all understand that times are hard for everyone, but if you want to continue to live in this wonderful city that we live in and continue to have the city services that we are all taking for granted, you might want to think twice before you raise your "NO NEW TAX" sign in the air...
City passes property tax hike
When you pick-up the phone and dail 911 or 311 what do you expect to happen? What if no one answered your call for help, what would you do? The employees of the City of Chattanooga do a tremendous job and most of the time without compliant. The story no one tells is that most all city employees have not had any type of raise in the past seven years, but there insurance cost continue to rise with out fail every year. Most of the Fire and Police in the city have to hold down two jobs just to make ends meet, but you never hear those stories in the news. So citizens of Chattanooga keep complaining about paying higher taxes and see where it get us. One day when its your emergency and there is no one there to help because the city has to continue to cut its employee's benefits, and close Police precincts and close Fire Stations and lay-off its employees, just because you do not want pay a higher property tax. We all understand that times are hard for everyone, but if you want to continue to live in this wonderful city that we live in and continue to have the city services that we are all taking for granted, you might want to think twice before you raise your "NO NEW TAX" sign in the air...