After a year of large property tax hikes, a group of former government leaders and business executives has formed an organization called In$ight to propose ideas and strategies to curb future property taxes. did.
In$ight Co-Chairman Gary Todd told 5EYEWITNESS NEWS he decided to participate because it showed total property taxes would increase by 20% in 2025.
“It was a shock. We actually went through that evaluation process,” Todd said. “I know we really love our neighborhood and we really love St. Paul, but can we continue to do this?”
Former city councilor Jane Prince also serves as co-chair of In$sight. She told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that the organization is urging the City of St. Paul and Ramsey County Commissioners not to consider funding new construction until existing projects are completed, and that they should not consider funding new construction until existing projects are completed, and that He said that we should distinguish between “things”.
“St. Paul's residential real estate tax rates are among the highest in the area, or at least very high,” Prince said. “We want people to be able to stay in their neighborhoods for a long time and not have prices go up when they retire and have a certain income. But that's where we are right now. By the way.”
Prince said the Ramsey County Commission and St. Paul City Council have expressed an interest in working together in the future.
