Martin County Tax Initiative

Martin County Tax Initiative

Our tax system provides few options for our local elected boards to levy taxes. The Martin County School District will be asking for the renewal of the ½ cent sales tax to be used primarily for teacher bonuses this year. MCTA will address that in a subsequent article....
MCTA Is Reviewing Some Martin County Programs

MCTA Is Reviewing Some Martin County Programs

MCTA is looking at several different programs currently being funded by our county’s governments. The programs include both county-wide government and municipal government. Since our organization does not practice the “gotcha” form of oversight, we try to give a fair...
Martin County Tax Initiative

Not against tax increases

The Martin County Taxpayers Association is not against tax increases, but what we are against is bad tax policy. The BOCC certainly has exhibited that on more than one occasion. For some time now, it has decided that it was better to own and operate businesses than...