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Property tax changesFriday, October 3, 2008Cape Girardeau County has 35 jurisdictions levying property taxes on some or all of the county's 72,000 residents. Several of them have more one tax rate, depending on the purpose of the revenue. Of the 35 jurisdictions, 18 have increased taxes for 2008, three decreased taxes and 14 kept taxes unchanged. Jurisdictions increasing rates Cape Girardeau School District* Nell Holcomb School District Delta Public School District** Cape Girardeau County Mental Health Cape Girardeau County Sheltered Workshop Cape Girardeau County Health Department Cape Girardeau County Senior Services Fund East County Area Fire Protection District Gordonville Fire Protection District Whitewater Fire Protection District Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau Public Library Allenville Dutchtown Delta Oak Ridge Old Appleton Pocahontas Jurisdictions decreasing rates Scott City Gordonville Whitewater * Cape Girardeau School District increased rates back to the levels for 2006. Accounting errors led the district to set rates lower than allowed by law in 2007. Delta School District increased the debt service levy as a result of a bond issue approved by voters in August. Source: Cape Girardeau County Clerk's office Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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I understand the math, but the timing sure is poor. We have to pay higher taxes when our home values drop.