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Perceptions of City Funding Through Taxes
Aware That City Funds Are Primarily Property, Sales, and Other Taxes
February 2017
February 2018
Aware of city‐funding sources
85%
82%
Not aware of city‐funding sources
14
14
Tax Rate and City Services Preferences
Prefer to Keep Taxes and Services About
Where They Are
Prefer to Decrease Taxes and Decrease
Services
Previous Score
(Feb. 2017)
67%
61%*
11%
15%
Prefer to Raise Taxes and Increase
10%
Services
11%
None of These/Don't Know 15%*
0%
Questions:
Copyright © 2018 Decision Analyst
Base:
Statistical Note:
11%
50%
100%
Q21a. Are you aware that the City is primarily funded through a portion of property, sales, and other taxes collected in the City and that
your property and shopping dollars matter to the sustainability of the City structure?
Q22. Considering all of the services the City provides and all of the taxes you pay, which of the following statements comes closest to
your view?
Total respondents (2017, n=988; 2018, n=1195)
An asterisk (*) indicates a significant difference between waves at or above the 95% confidence level.
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