Cary Neighbors

Hello! I am a Cary neighbor of over 25 years, and I communicate with other Cary neighbors. We are grassroots individuals who are concerned about the increases in our property taxes. If the $560 Million dollar bond passes, your property taxes will increase, and the percentage of increases in the past few years have already been shocking. Having each of our individual data in one place made it easy to share, so I did this website!

If you want a yard sign (just like the orange header on this website) that person will accept reimbursement for yard sign costs at $10 each.

Please note:
I am not funded by any outside interests. No donations are being accepted. I did this website, someone else designed and had signs made. The share/printable materials and math were done by other individuals. Many of these individuals have attended town meetings or sent emails expressing concerns about the increasing property taxes. Having these individual ideas in one place seemed helpful for sharing, and a website made that easier.

What about the Imagine Cary/Cary Community Plan?

Neighbors in Cary often hear about our Imagine Cary/Cary Community Plan.  For those new to Cary this is a document which was adopted in 2017, and is not a document like a constitution or set of rules, it is a plan that was to include many ideas from citizens, but is largely the creation of town staff with outside data and other input.

No where does the Imagine Cary/Cary Community Plan say we must spend more than ToC’s revenue allows, go into $560 Million in debt, plus interest, or execute any specific projects on any timeline. It is not only civil, but also civility in the true sense to question taking on more debt when we still have the 2019 bond in repayment and many added expenses to operate and maintain previous projects.

Keeping our town affordable to many by not having large property tax increases is sound fiscal policy. In the Downtown Park many “free” offerings happen, and yet these do cost us, the operational cost for the Downtown Park is at least $5.9 Million per year. Imagine that annual cost multiplied several times to operate the much more costly The Center at South Hills, just one of the projects in the $560 Million bond. I’d rather imagine my property taxes being lowered.

Please click on REAL COSTS for more details!