Hosed.

We just got our tax bill.   Ugh.  Shockingly, they are similar to what we paid last year.   They didn't add the addition to the value of the house.   

For what we pay in taxes I'm glad to know that we have amazing schools and services.   The first department and police department are great responding and I really don't have any complaints.

I was glad to see that the fire department looked at many different hydraulic hose manufacturers when accepting bids for the upgraded work they needed done.