Outraged residents of Utah suburb where average house costs $1.2m rail against gigantic proposed property tax hike

Residents of an affluent Utah community are furious over a proposal to dramatically raise property taxes just months after their new city was formed. The proposal has particularly angered residents because they voted to create Ogden Valley City after being told it could support itself without raising taxes. Nearly 68 percent of voters backed incorporation in November 2024, according to KSL, and the city officially formed on January 2. Ahead of the vote, an independent feasibility study commissioned through the Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office projected the city could maintain services with at least a five percent budget surplus and would...