[AT] Subdivision Development

[Rob Gray]

Here in PA they have been trying to get gambling in to lower the school 
tax burden across the state. I'm not really in favor of setting up such 
a system of a sin tax. Here they give farm owners a break on the 
property taxes, but with the growth in the area, the rates are bound to 
go up. The township I'm in just raised the property tax rate for the 
first time in 14 years because they say they want to have a police 
officer on duty 24 hours a day. Now, after 5pm all calls go to the state 
police. They also want a SUV for the police department. Those sorts of 
things are not a big deal, but if the population continues to grow the 
big ticket items are when they need to build new schools. That costs big 
bucks...

Rob
PA


Herbert Metz wrote:

> Forsyth County, GA is one of a few counties where senior citizens do 
> not pay school taxes; our taxes paid this year were $1.80/$1,000 
> current market value.   Our not paying school taxes was approved by 
> the voters a couple years ago., just before the economy slumped.  The 
> schools wanted to fight it, but were afraid to.
> A dozen years ago we had one high school, now we have three, and will 
> have two more in another two years.   Our county has been in top five 
> fastest growing counties in US for the last five years; one year we 
> were beat out for #1 spot by a county in N.C.?, that had added a 2,000 
> inmates (now referred to as residents) prison.    We are finally 
> starting to assess new homes an impact fee (use of this money is very 
> restricted); this has been fought by realtors and builders, even in 
> court, for many years.
> Herb
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 9:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Concrete slab- Subdivision Development
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>
>>> Hi Cecil,
>>>
>>> Actually the influx of folks from up your way HAS reduced our tax 
>>> rates. The county is building buildings, adding services and hiring 
>>> folks like crazy but the tax rates have held their own or come down 
>>> for the last several years.  Of course the inflation in property 
>>> values caused by the same chain of events have made the actual tax 
>>> BILL higher.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>
>>
>>
>> Sad to say, you cannot depend on this situation staying the
>> way it is. What has happened here with all these newcomers is the
>> demand for more and more services and added expense to go with it.
>> As long as the local residents outnumbered the newcomers, the taxes
>> stayed pretty stable here too. But, as soon as these people outnumbered
>> the locals, they started voting in bigger and more expensive schools,
>> wanted bigger and more expensive highway departments and on and on and
>> on until they raised the taxes out of sight. Our tax INCREASE in school
>> taxes alone on this property for the year 2004-2005 was over $6000. I
>> have to say this was a bitter pill to swallow.
>>
>> Take our Township highway department for example. In New York
>> these Town highway departmenst normally have between 3 and 6 or 7 men
>> in the departments. Ours has 18 now with a full time "sit at a desk"
>> superintendent. They do a great job and the roads are just great - no
>> doubt about it but it is expensive. The newcomers want to drive the
>> full speed limit no matter what the weather is and in the winter they
>> want the roads broom clean.
>>
>> Another ha ha  -  I believe the dog warden has a 4WD vehicle.
>> I seriously doubt the need for this. I remember back in the 1980s when
>> I went to Massachusetts to build Cable TV systems and the people there
>> had just voted in Proposition 2 1/2 to lower excessive property taxes.
>> I noticed the Dog Warden in one of the local Townships had a brand new
>> $75K Telsta bucket truck. Guess why??  To get cats out of trees. Geez,
>> I never heard of anything so rediculous but it goes to show you how
>> taxes go up if the people allow it. Did you ever see a cat skeleton up
>> in a tree?
>>
>> So, watch the taxes, Charlie. And believe me they bear watching.
>>
>> Cecil
>> -- 
>> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
>> what you said.
>>
>> Cecil E Monson
>> Lucille Hand-Monson
>> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>>
>> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>>
>> Free advice
>>
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