{"id":1260,"date":"2016-05-03T13:21:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T18:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/?page_id=1260"},"modified":"2016-05-03T13:37:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T18:37:00","slug":"1260-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/?page_id=1260","title":{"rendered":"DCAD Didn\u2019t Raise Addison\u2019s Taxes The Incumbents Did Let\u2019s See Them Deny It Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DCAD Didn\u2019t Raise Addison\u2019s Taxes<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>The Incumbents Did<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Let\u2019s See Them Deny It Again\u2026<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>By Susan M. Halpern<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Former Addison Councilmember (1992-1999)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>This is one of those moments where you can look at objective evidence to determine who is telling you the truth. I have said this repeatedly: Meier and his captive, obedient incumbents have raised your taxes more than 7% in just the last two years alone. \u00a0My statements have been met with a torrent of misinformation, most notably the false claim that rising taxes are the fault of DCAD, not Addison\u2019s council.<\/p>\n<p>So, let\u2019s end the debate with the truth in the form of a picture from one of many DCAD letters sent notifying an owner of their appraised value. Here is proof that Meier, his obedient incumbents and their supporters have indeed been misleading you on this issue:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/?attachment_id=1261#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1261\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1261 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DCAD-Didn\u2019t-Raise-Addison\u2019s-Taxes_PicArticle.jpg\" alt=\"DCAD Didn\u2019t Raise Addison\u2019s Taxes_PicArticle\" width=\"702\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DCAD-Didn\u2019t-Raise-Addison\u2019s-Taxes_PicArticle.jpg 702w, http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DCAD-Didn\u2019t-Raise-Addison\u2019s-Taxes_PicArticle-300x176.jpg 300w, http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DCAD-Didn\u2019t-Raise-Addison\u2019s-Taxes_PicArticle-600x352.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is fact: Your taxes are higher because Meier and his captive, tax-and-spend council raised your taxes. Period.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\n<fb:share-button href=\"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/?page_id=1260\" type=\"button_count\"\nstyle=\"padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\">\n<\/fb:share-button><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/?page_id=1260\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" layout=\"standard\" send=\"0\" width=\"\"  colorscheme=\"light\" show_faces=\"0\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:like><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DCAD Didn\u2019t Raise Addison\u2019s Taxes The Incumbents Did Let\u2019s See Them Deny It Again\u2026 By Susan M. Halpern Former Addison Councilmember (1992-1999) \u00a0This is one of those moments where you can look at objective evidence to determine who is telling &#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/?page_id=1260\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1260","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1260"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1279,"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1260\/revisions\/1279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}