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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
Thanks Johnny. Up a buck per thousand!
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back to my Mansfield gripe - we add a mall raking in tons of $$$ and my taxes go up! Crazy.
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No problem.
They add a mall that will provide "over $1M in extra revenue the first year and even more after that." What the town left out is that they were adding $600k - 800k worth of expenses in police/fire resources and the added public works demand. Mansfield Crossing is definitely convenient, I'm there at least once a week. However, exactly what I said 4 years ago would happened has occurred. They advertised to the residents the increased revenue and no one questioned the added costs.
Don't forget the expanded development of Clemmey's lot where the Home Depot and Shaws is. That area is relatively new development.
Between Great Woods, the industrial park, development by Clemmey and the massive influx of residents, Mansfield has always had money to burn. Now with reduced value of the industrial park, few concerts at Great Woods and no new construction, they don't have the money any more.
With all the retail and food services growth, it's only a matter of time before the town institutes a .75% local tax like Plainville has.
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