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Perceptions of City Funding Through Taxes
Aware That City Funds Are Primarily Property, Sales, and Other Taxes
February 2019
February 2020
Aware of city‐funding sources
83%
84%
Not aware of city‐funding sources
14 %
13 %
Don’t know/No answer
3%
3%
Previous Wave
(Feb. 2019)
Prefer to Keep Taxes and Services
About Where They Are
58%
53%
Prefer to Decrease Taxes and
Decrease Services
21%
20%
Prefer to Raise Taxes and
11% ↑
Increase Services
None of These/Don't Know
15%
0%
Questions:
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Base:
Statistical Note:
7%
14%
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 (2019, n=1111; 2020, n=948)
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