2010 Montgomery County Effective Tax Rates‏

The list is sorted by municipalities with the lowest tax rates on top to municipalities with the highest tax rates on the bottom.

This document speaks for itself.

Municipality	2010 ETR	County	Municipality	School	Total
	.561 Ratio	Millage	Millage	Millage	Millage
BRYN ATHYN	0.68%	2.695	8.353	1	12.048
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN	1.14%	2.695	1.685	15.24	20.31
UPPER MERION	1.17%	2.695	2.159	15.24	20.784
LOWER GWYNEDD	1.20%	2.695	1.117	17.47	21.462
PLYMOUTH	1.25%	2.695	1.6	17.249	22.32
WHITEMARSH	1.28%	2.695	2.0379	17.249	22.7579
WHITPAIN	1.32%	2.695	3.2	17.47	23.545
CONSHOHOCKEN	1.36%	2.695	3.5	17.249	24.22
UPPER FREDERICK	1.38%	2.695	1.62	19.66	24.675
NEW HANOVER	1.39%	2.695	1.68	19.66	24.735
DOUGLASS	1.39%	2.695	1.7	19.66	24.755
HATFIELD BOROUGH	1.44%	2.695	1	21.3396	25.6514
UPPER GWYNEDD	1.44%	2.695	1.012	21.3396	25.6634
AMBLER	1.45%	2.695	5.54	17.47	25.885
UPPER HANOVER	1.46%	2.695	1.45	21.76	26.0971
MONTGOMERY	1.47%	2.695	1.49	21.3396	26.1414
UPPER PROVIDENCE	1.47%	2.695	0	23.07	26.225
GREEN LANE	1.49%	2.695	2	21.76	26.6471
LANSDALE	1.50%	2.695	2.086	21.3396	26.7374
RED HILL	1.51%	2.695	2.2	21.76	26.8471
MARLBOROUGH	1.51%	2.695	2.25	21.76	26.8971
HATFIELD	1.53%	2.695	2.54	21.3396	27.1914
NORTH WALES	1.53%	2.695	2.676	21.3396	27.3274
LIMERICK	1.54%	2.695	1.213	23.07	27.438
WORCESTER	1.59%	2.695	0.05	24.24	28.325
HORSHAM	1.59%	2.695	1	24.083	28.342
TOWAMENCIN	1.60%	2.695	3.808	21.3396	28.4594
LOWER MERION	1.61%	2.695	3.78	21.4015	28.7645
PENNSBURG	1.65%	2.695	4.825	21.76	29.4721
EAST GREENVILLE	1.66%	2.695	5	21.76	29.6471
FRANCONIA	1.67%	2.695	1.0647	24.95	29.6871
LOWER PROVIDENCE	1.67%	2.695	1.512	24.24	29.787
SALFORD	1.68%	2.695	1.4	24.95	30.0224
UPPER SALFORD	1.69%	2.695	1.5	24.95	30.1224
TRAPPE	1.73%	2.695	0	27.35	30.835
BRIDGEPORT	1.73%	2.695	12.23	15.24	30.855
LOWER SALFORD	1.74%	2.695	2.324	24.95	30.9464
SKIPPACK	1.75%	2.695	0.3508	27.35	31.1858
PERKIOMEN	1.76%	2.695	0.62	27.35	31.455
ROYERSFORD	1.79%	2.695	5.7	23.07	31.925
LOWER FREDERICK	1.83%	2.695	1.75	27.35	32.585
SOUDERTON	1.85%	2.695	4.415	24.95	33.0374
UPPER MORELAND	1.86%	2.695	3.659	25.32	33.124
TELFORD	1.86%	2.695	4.605	24.95	33.2274
NARBERTH	1.87%	2.695	8.34	21.4015	33.3245
UPPER DUBLIN	1.90%	2.695	4.749	23.71	33.9121
ABINGTON	1.92%	2.695	3.7211	27.09	34.2161
SPRINGFIELD	1.93%	2.695	3.37	27.258	34.413
WEST NORRITON	1.94%	2.695	2.24	28.417	34.572
HATBORO BOROUGH	1.95%	2.695	7.358	24.083	34.7
LOWER MORELAND	1.95%	2.695	3.2	27.3803	34.7322
COLLEGEVILLE	1.95%	2.695	4	27.35	34.835
ROCKLEDGE	1.95%	2.695	4.35	27.09	34.845
SCHWENKSVILLE	1.96%	2.695	4.15	27.35	34.985
EAST NORRITON	1.97%	2.695	2.727	28.417	35.059
WEST POTTSGROVE	2.14%	2.695	1	32.917	38.075
LOWER POTTSGROVE	2.19%	2.695	1.958	32.917	39.033
UPPER POTTSGROVE	2.29%	2.695	3.775	32.917	40.85
JENKINTOWN	2.33%	2.695	5.393	31.961	41.604
NORRISTOWN	2.41%	2.695	10.6	28.417	42.932
POTTSTOWN	2.72%	2.695	9.739943	34.7347	48.55894
CHELTENHAM	2.89%	2.695	7.1413	39.24	51.4363
Municipality	2010 ETR	County	Municipality	School	Total
	.561 Ratio	Millage	Millage	Millage	Millage

Fast Eddie Update

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Our illustrious and soon-to-be ex-governor, Ed Rendell, has announced that only 100 Commonwealth employees will be laid-off as a result of the “budget” passed by the state legislature which counted on money before it was allocated.  Always a bright move!

Fortunately, so many people retired that it cut the number of employees needing furloughed from 1,000 to 100.

Rendell is proposing more spending cuts and taxes to make up for the budget shortfall he and the legislature created by including federal stimulus money in the budget before it was approved on Capitol Hill.

Looking forward to January 1st!  We won’t miss ya Ed.

Impatient Bethlehem Man Strikes Flagman – Attempts To Flees Scene

So we make a bad decision and then compound it!  Some people seriously need a slap.

An impatient Bethlehem man asked a flagman to move some orange cones in a construction zone so he could leave.  The flagman asked the driver to be patient.  The driver, evidently in a huge hurry, decides he has “had enough” and proceeds to try to drive through the construction site, striking the 62 year-old flagman.  Mr. Grumpy Pants then tries to flee the scene only to have two witnesses jump in front of his van to stop him.  I would have thought twice about that since he just hit someone but more power to the Good Samaritans.

The 66 year-old driver should have his license revoked IMHO for such an asinine and possibly deadly stunt.  Nobody needs to be in that big of a hurry that they hit someone “just doing their job”, then try to drive away.

Two big old Roy’s Rants thumbs down for the impatient driver who is old enough to know better!  Shame on you sir!

The flagman was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in Fountain HIll and the upstanding driver was charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving an injury and had no comment when contacted by the local media.

Lehigh County Trims “Fat” From 2011 Budget

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It is never too early to start thinking about next year’s budget.  Lehigh County Executive Don Cunningham made an announcement yesterday that 50 positions will be eliminated from the county payroll in 2011.  The good news is 41 of these positions are currently vacant which leaves 9 people to be furloughed next year.  A tax increase is still possible at this time, however they working on keeping that from becoming a reality.

Lehigh County’s current employment levels are below 1990.  If you are keeping track of demographics, the county population has grown since then but they are doing more with less.  With the reductions that are planned for 2011, the total number of county employees with be 2.122 or 3.5% less than 1990.  The population of Lehigh County in 1990 was 291,000.  The current 2009 estimate put the population at 343,000.  A sizeable increase with less staff. 

They are working smarter, with less staff, up in the Lehigh Valley.