That adds up quickly. I'd like to find 5+ acres near town, but in the county, let me know if you see anything like that. I'm also open to a house in town.
The mayor was asked also what that extra $1200 would get a resident and all she could come up w/ was an extra garbage pick up a week from 1x to twice, "the best police force around" to which the resident replied that he had been out there 8 years and never had to call the sheriffs dept, a sewer system instead of a septic tank which within a year wasn't the case anymore because East Oktibbeha Sewer got a USDA grant and built a system out there, a higher fire rating and lower insurance costs which was not true because it was the same as the city surprisingly after the East OK County Fire Dept had gotten recently upgraded. In other words residents out there weren't going to get anything in return by being in the city limits
I think this is usually the case. I'd be glad to pay lower taxes and go to one day/week garbage pick up. The majority of my life was spent in an area with zero trash pick up, so once a week is plenty for me.
Don't know about Oktibbeha, but as you probably know things are considerably higher in Gunader in the city. The county part of my bill is around 70-75% of my total. MS seems to have much higher property taxes than AL where I work. Car tags & car insurance suck, too.
Our taxes in Carroll County seem reasonable. Of course we get very little in services. There's usually only two or three deputies on duty at one time for the entire county, which i don't have a problem with. My dad, RIP, was always pissed about how may paved roads y'all have in the county vs how many gravel roads there still are in Carroll.
I didn't have any complaints when I lived there. Especially car tags compared to Leflore County.
District 3 was awesome when I was a kid. It sucks now (unless you live near the just voted out supervisor). Actually grew up just across the line in Calhoun & we were always pissed about the roads, too
