Mukilteo Beacon - Your Hometown News Source

We have all just received our new property taxes. I'm wondering if you were surprised as I was? Our taxes went UP 14%. Of that total was an increase of 37% just for schools!

I'm not sure whether that includes the new taxes for schools as The Beacon just stated the levies were passing. So it may be our new tax bill does not include the additional new taxes, which would mean they will be even higher next year.

Let me point out here that the school district was deceptive in that they stated it is a replacement levy but did NOT point out that with the significant increase in values that the...