The new Kleefisch commercials says we can thank the governor for freezing property taxes. She says his policies are working because our property taxes are frozen. I have had no one say their property taxes are frozen. This article proves it.

I have lived in the City of Milton for 30 years. I have never complained about the taxes here until now. The current Council members, mayor, and city administrator are grossly ignorant to the needs of the citizenry. It feels like they forge ahead with their plans and desires, no matter the cost or opinions of voters. To sell the current City Hall/Library is an absolute disgrace. Shame on Mr. Schuetz and his council members.

Our Mayor and city are spending money on things we can't afford.....a new 3 million dollar DPW? a splash pool?? Give me a break....Milton has a very nice and perfectly ok fire station and police dept. and they want to spend money to build new ones we don't need...yet some miss informed sheep blame this on the union workers and a past wisconsin Governor or even the current one....and they wonder why people are upset?

tikiman1, you know exactly why Walker had to cut state aid to communities. Doyle spent the Federal Stimulus money ($2 billion) on propping up the public workers and their unions. He also raided the state transportation fund of $1.3 billion, and then another $200 million from the medical malpractice fund! (and a few others too). Most of these monies were given to public unions throughout the state so local communities would not have to cut their staffs & lay off teachers, nor feel the pain of the recession that the private sector was (and still is) reeling from. In July, 2010 the Court ordered the medical malpractice money be returned, and that task fell on the back of Walker. Walker also has the task of re-funding the transportation dollars stolen by Doyle and the Democratic legislature. All of this coupled with the fact THERE IS NO STIMULUS MONEY LIKE THERE WAS IN 2009! And this whole mess inherited from the previous administration is why Walker and our legislatures were forced to cut aid to local communities.

You people that try and say that this isn't caused by Walker are nothing but blind fools. We all pay state taxes, right? What Walker has done is very simple. Instead of sending that money back to the local municipalities, who's citizens payed it in the first place, he's keeping it. He's keeping it to cover the tax breaks that he gave his corporate crony friends. Oh, and his Deer Czar buddy. The result is that the local municipalities are not getting their share of the taxes back from the state to cover things. Now we are being double dipped for it. At this point, there really is no reason to have a state government if it will not take care of it's citizens.

let's live in your mean's, do you always need those new trucks or Police car's? It's not Scott Walker it's the Town or City that cause their own issue when it comes to money problums. Stop the spending.

MCD - stop picking only the low fruit on the news information tree.

Now I'm no fan of Doyle, but please explain how this is his fault. scooter promised no tax increases and yet his slashing of budgets has led to increases.

If you blame Scott Walker for this you obviously have never heard of Jim Doyle.

The tax rate is a function of levy change divided by the total equalized property values. The only way the tax rate increases more than the levy is if property values decline. This is a poor example of reporting and headline tagging because the Milton City has no control over the value of equalized property. I would be unhappy with the Gazette if I were on the Milton City Council, Mayor or City Manager.

I thought Walker's plan meant no raise in taxes???? And the teachers are paying the percentage of health care and pension!!! Shocking more lies; very sad.