They actually backed down and the tax rate is officially staying put for the year which feels honestly wild considering where we started. I am just so stunned that we pulled this off because it felt like screaming into a void for a while there. Keep your eyes on the …
May 12, 2020
Final supporters
Let's continue the pursuit of lowering our Stamford property taxes! Please sign and forward this petition.
Thank you for your signatures this spring! The City of Stamford did not raise our taxes last month. While it is published that, during the five hour meeting, some city representatives said they regretted their pledges to not raise taxes, the Mill Rate held. We would like to hope that your voices and signatures helped to hold the Mill Rate firm.
However, it is not enough to hold firm. We must REDUCE our Mill Rate.
The current economics are unsustainable for Stamford. Better and balanced solutions are needed to fund Stamford or the rising property taxes will continue to lower our home values thus driving residents away to other towns and states.
Now more than ever, during this financial crisis resulting from our tragic COVID-19 pandemic, we all need RELIEF. Every household is impacted.
Please reduce our Property Taxes now!
With your comments on this petition, we shall bring it to the Mayor and Board of Finance.
Sincerely,
Concerned Residents of Stamford"
Updates
April 15, 2020
I spent the entire morning scrolling through the comments here and it is honestly wild to see how many people are feeling the exact same pressure with these bills piling up. It makes me realize that we are definitely not just shouting into the void because someone from the local press reached out to ask about the impact of the mill rate on our property values. I am trying to organize all these notes before we head to the next meeting with the officials even though my desk is currently a total disaster of paper and half finished coffee cups.
April 15, 2020
I was looking at the screen and realized how much steam this has gathered lately, which is wild because I remember just sitting here typing this out in a total panic about the bills piling up on my kitchen table. It feels like people are finally waking up to the fact that we can actually push back against these rates, although honestly sometimes I wonder if anyone in city hall is even reading these emails or just hitting delete without looking.
Reached 100 supporters
April 15, 2020
16 Comments
I moved here 4 years ago after 15 years in Greenwich and my property tax has increased three times and over $3K. It will definitely hurt the value of my home. Taxes are worse here than in Greenwich which offered more services.
Stamford is a great place to live but the balance between services received and taxes paid is out of alignment. Lowering taxes, tightening expenses, increasing service (roads, police presence, etc) will keep Stamford a great place to live.
We don’t get garbage pick up, we have volunteer fire service and we don’t have sewers.
City services are being reduced at a time of everyone having to reduce their spending. The city must act responsibly as well and reduce waste and the tax burden as well. Thank you.
As a recent retiree, I have more flexibility with living locations and have seen how unusually high Stamford property taxes are relative to not only the broader nation, but also the region. Please reduce our taxes or at least stop the increases. Although I would like to stay in the area, if the city and state continue to increase taxes, I will have to move to an equally nice, lower tax location.
Hard to live here ....I don't know anything else, but Stamford. Third generation here, too old to move.
The City is Raising Taxes every year and they’re cutting back on services.
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They actually backed down and the tax rate is officially staying put for the year which feels honestly wild considering where we started. I am just so stunned that we pulled this off because it felt like screaming into a void for a while there. Keep your eyes on the …
May 12, 2020
Final supporters
Let's continue the pursuit of lowering our Stamford property taxes! Please sign and forward this petition.
Thank you for your signatures this spring! The City of Stamford did not raise our taxes last month. While it is published that, during the five hour meeting, some city representatives said they regretted their pledges to not raise taxes, the Mill Rate held. We would like to hope that your voices and signatures helped to hold the Mill Rate firm.
However, it is not enough to hold firm. We must REDUCE our Mill Rate.
The current economics are unsustainable for Stamford. Better and balanced solutions are needed to fund Stamford or the rising property taxes will continue to lower our home values thus driving residents away to other towns and states.
Now more than ever, during this financial crisis resulting from our tragic COVID-19 pandemic, we all need RELIEF. Every household is impacted.
Please reduce our Property Taxes now!
With your comments on this petition, we shall bring it to the Mayor and Board of Finance.
Sincerely,
Concerned Residents of Stamford"
Updates
April 15, 2020
I spent the entire morning scrolling through the comments here and it is honestly wild to see how many people are feeling the exact same pressure with these bills piling up. It makes me realize that we are definitely not just shouting into the void because someone from the local press reached out to ask about the impact of the mill rate on our property values. I am trying to organize all these notes before we head to the next meeting with the officials even though my desk is currently a total disaster of paper and half finished coffee cups.
April 15, 2020
I was looking at the screen and realized how much steam this has gathered lately, which is wild because I remember just sitting here typing this out in a total panic about the bills piling up on my kitchen table. It feels like people are finally waking up to the fact that we can actually push back against these rates, although honestly sometimes I wonder if anyone in city hall is even reading these emails or just hitting delete without looking.
Reached 100 supporters
April 15, 2020
16 Comments
Property taxes were already excessively high in Stamford prior to the pandemic. Most of us have taken a significant hit financially due to the shutdown and many are struggling. Taxes must be reduced.
I moved here 4 years ago after 15 years in Greenwich and my property tax has increased three times and over $3K. It will definitely hurt the value of my home. Taxes are worse here than in Greenwich which offered more services.
Stamford is a great place to live but the balance between services received and taxes paid is out of alignment. Lowering taxes, tightening expenses, increasing service (roads, police presence, etc) will keep Stamford a great place to live.
We don’t get garbage pick up, we have volunteer fire service and we don’t have sewers.
City services are being reduced at a time of everyone having to reduce their spending. The city must act responsibly as well and reduce waste and the tax burden as well. Thank you.
As a recent retiree, I have more flexibility with living locations and have seen how unusually high Stamford property taxes are relative to not only the broader nation, but also the region. Please reduce our taxes or at least stop the increases. Although I would like to stay in the area, if the city and state continue to increase taxes, I will have to move to an equally nice, lower tax location.
Hard to live here ....I don't know anything else, but Stamford. Third generation here, too old to move.
The City is Raising Taxes every year and they’re cutting back on services.
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Property taxes were already excessively high in Stamford prior to the pandemic. Most of us have taken a significant hit financially due to the shutdown and many are struggling. Taxes must be reduced.