The Overland Park, KS,  City Council has already voted once to tentatively approve a 46% property tax increase.  The vote was unanimous.  To read more information about this likely tax increase, you can visit my columns at KCMonitor.com here, here, and here.

Poll performed by the State and Local Reform Educational Foundation of Kansas.  Join us at LibertyLinked, a pro-liberty social networking site.

[Note: Visually, the results are lined up vertically better at our original post, over at our Web site.]

Part 1 of results

Telephone survey among likely 2012 voters in Overland Park, KS.  Conducted Tuesday, August 9; and Wednesday, August 10.  Margin of error +/- 5.4%.  For survey wording (questions 1 through 18), click here.  For accompanying information for comparison purposes, click here.  More information about survey methodology can be found at the bottom of this page.

Demographic information for poll results

Party breakdown: Count Percent

Democratic:                           68                  20.0%

Republican:                         174                  51.2%

Unaffiliated:                           98                  28.8%

Total:                                    340                 100%

Gender breakdown: Count Percent

Male:                                     153                  45%

Female:                                187                  55%

Total:                                    340                 100%

Age breakdown: Count Percent

Over 50:                                170                  50%

Under 50:                             170                  50%

Total:                                    340                 100%

Question: Now I’m going to ask you some questions about your city government in Overland Park. Like many governments, the Overland Park city government faces budget shortfalls. Going forward, how should Overland Park balance its budget? Should the city government increase taxes, or cut spending?

To balance budget,

increase taxes or cut spending? Count             Percent

Cut spending:                           227                66.8%

Increase taxes:                          79                 23.2%

Undecided:                                 34                 10.0%

 

Total:                                          340                 100%

Question: Asked a different way… by how much should city spending be decreased? Not at all?  1-5%?  6-10%  Or 10% or more?

Spending cuts?  By how much? Count             Percent

Not at all:                                    46                13.5%

1-5% in cuts:                           134                39.4%

6-10% in cuts:                         100                29.4%

10% or more in cuts:               38                 11.2%

Undecided:                                22                   6.5%

 

Total:                                        340                 100%

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