Lehigh County Taxes Staying the same in 2016

Morning Call Report by Kevin Duffy

In a report by the MorningCall and Kevin Duffy, it seems that county taxes will be remaining static for 2016.

Some Highlights:

1. "As examples, he noted the Valley's 5.2 percent unemployment rate and the relocation of major companies such as Ocean Spray and Taizhou Fuling Plastics, both to Upper Macungie."

2.  "the re-establishment of the county's Aa1 rating from Moody's and upgrade from Standard & Poor's and the erasing of the $7.8 million deficit in 2014."

3. "He said the tax rate is lower in 2015 than it was 12 years ago by an average $668 per taxpayer."

Going Forward: Lehigh County has a lot of financial growth and is doing a great job with working on its debt and letting future generations deal with it. This puts the future of Lehigh County in the hands of its constituents and not debtors.

One thing I appreciated about Commissioner Muller's address is that he speaks directly and I believe that is the general tone of Lehigh Valley politics: to the point, and (hopefully) productive.  I am not exactly sure if Tom's name is just Tom or Thomas, but, I think its interesting that Kevin Duffy referred to the commissioner as Tom in his introduction in the article. I believe its indicative of a less decisive political scene.

Maybe I am looking at this for what I want to see.

-Stephen