 lansing just says no to more taxes the article started like this by nine minutes after 10 o clock tuesday night the mood in the aflcio building had turned sullen i don t know about you but for me i m already happy whenever the unions are sad that has to be a good thing and there must have been cameras present because virg was there bernero indeed everyone in the room had thrown their energies behind a ballot measure that would have allowed the city council to pass a sizeable property tax increase and saved dozens of police and fire jobs and two fire stations in the process is there anything sadder than a democrat that didn t get the tax increase they wanted darn those taxpayers and them wanting to keep their money we certainly need police and fire but why is that whenever there is a budget shortfall they are the ones to take the hit and why is it that lansing with a declining population like most cities in michigan needs more and more money for fewer and fewer people citizens of lansing  move to clinton county  we have plenty of room and you will pay less taxes and it will be quieter i m speaking from experience  