[AT] Concrete slab- Subdivision Development

[charlie hill]

Not much I can do about them Cecil, except move on to a new place like you 
are doing.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Concrete slab- Subdivision Development


>> 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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