City Services Satisfaction Survey 2005 City Services Satisfaction Survey | Page 33

Reasons Say “No, Not Getting Money’s Worth”
(Open-End — Most Frequent Responses)
(Base: Respondents Answering “No, Not
Getting Money’s Worth”)
Total
Respondents
(131)
Safety (Net)
Need more police/increase police presence
Police do not respond/take too long to
respond
Too much crime/crime is going up in area 26%
12
6
Economic Issues (Net)
Taxes are too high
Taxes keep going up, but not seeing any
improvement in services
Sports team/stadium comments 26
12
12
Streets/Traffic (Net)
Streets are not maintained/repaired
Traffic problems/need to address the traffic
problems 25
21
5
Management/Quality Of Services (Net)
City services need improving/they could
provide better services
City could do a better job handling the
money/would like to know where the money
goes 18
7
Misc. Services/Amenities (Net)
Need more/better/cleaner parks/recreational
areas 12
4
No public transportation/need better public
transportation
Need a better public education system
Other (negative comments)
Don’t know
5
5
7
7
5
19
1
Question: “Why do you feel that you (are/are not) getting your money’s worth for your tax dollars?”
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