Mayor Michelle Wu can reduce down a Christmas tree however can’t reduce her personal funds.
Now she expects state lawmakers to broom by way of her controversial plan to boost industrial tax charges to keep away from an enormous residential tax hike?
Wu, whose wage will soar to $250,000 subsequent yr, clearly has been emboldened by her uncontested re-election victory final month, and indicators are beginning to emerge about what her second four-year time period will seem like.
It’s not good for hard-working Boston taxpayers. Tax extra and spend extra. Should you’re anticipating something totally different, it’s not going to occur.
The least clear mayor in current historical past held an “embargoed” press convention (how is that even potential?) to assert she’ll have to boost property taxes on owners a whopping 13% – a mean of $780 a yr – until the state Senate passes her proposal to shift the tax hike to industrial property.
“As a result of it’s a mean, many property homeowners will find yourself paying much more than that,” Wu mentioned on the Tuesday press briefing. “It is going to be troublesome to bear for much too a lot of our residents, and we have to do one thing about it.”
The weak-kneed media in fact went together with Wu’s request to carry again her feedback a day, however lawmakers are unlikely to associate with this plan regardless of how lengthy Wu holds them hostage.
She additionally used her invisible presser to as soon as once more lash out at Boston state Sen. Nick Collins for toppling her tax plan and demand there’s not a single merchandise or ineffective metropolis company to chop.
Now the phrase out of Metropolis Corridor is that one of many mayor’s neighborhood companies aides is contemplating working towards Collins – a typical Wu maneuver to get revenge on her enemies.
She ought to ask herself: Is that this the proper time for an enormous tax improve? It’ll impression not simply owners however renters who should pay when landlords hike up their hire.
However as a substitute of asking that, Wu is plowing forward with a 4% improve within the metropolis funds whereas not focusing on any of her woke initiatives.
Did she look wherever to chop the funds?
Can she justify each little company within the metropolis authorities?
Wu claims to signify the common working individual and has been amongst these slamming President Donald Trump for holding again meals advantages.
However you possibly can’t on one hand say individuals can’t get meals, push for hire management, and SNAP advantages after which flip round and lift their taxes by a whole bunch of {dollars} a yr.
Her political rhetoric doesn’t match the truth.
The Metropolis Council will shortly conform to Wu’s tax plan, and there will likely be solely minimal dissent.
“Town of Boston shouldn’t be elevating taxes,” Councilor Ed Flynn mentioned. “Thus far, we now have not demonstrated fiscal self-discipline and transparency that’s mandatory as we transfer ahead throughout these difficult financial occasions in our metropolis and nation.”
Wu can’t even come clear on the Christmas tree, initially pegging the price of bringing her household and aides – together with the mayoral photographer – at $5,000. The mayor’s press workplace lastly launched figures displaying the journey truly price practically 3 times that.
The journey was utterly superfluous and solely designed to showcase Wu to Canada and a nationwide viewers.
She did handle to launch on time a batch of images displaying her chopping down – that’s, killing – the tree.
However what else is she hiding?
