Best response to landowner tax complaints?

There's a lot of political momentum in my locality (MD suburbs of Wash DC)
for cutting property tax rates. Today's _Washington Post_ metro section has
an article, "Outcry Rises as Levy on Montgomery Property Also Increases."
First 'graphs (URL
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12353-2005Apr23.html) follow.
Any suggestions for a short list of counterpoints?

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"The tone of Colleen Carrigan's April 12 e-mail to the Montgomery County
Council went from polite to combative in a single sentence.
"Requesting a list of council members who have voted to increase property
tax revenue beyond limits set in the county charter, she wrote: 'Please
inform these members that I will actively and adamantly lobby to ensure
their defeat in upcoming elections. I will cross party lines and vote
Republican in order to keep from being financially exploited as a homeowner,
as will many of the neighbors to whom I have spoken.'

"Carrigan is assembling a group called Long Branch Citizens for Homeowners'
Tax Relief.

"In numbers not seen in years, Montgomery residents are writing, e-mailing
and stepping up to microphones to demand an end to rising property taxes.
Their numbers are still limited, but they have commanded the council's
attention. With varying degrees of conviction, council members are debating
measures that would provide broad and targeted property-tax relief."




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  • Re: Best response to landowner tax complaints?
    ... > for cutting property tax rates. ... "Outcry Rises as Levy on Montgomery Property Also Increases." ... council members are debating ... > measures that would provide broad and targeted property-tax relief." ...
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  • Re: Best response to landowner tax complaints?
    ... "The only good tax is one that somebody else pays." ... "Outcry Rises as Levy on Montgomery Property Also Increases." ... council members are debating ... > measures that would provide broad and targeted property-tax relief." ...
    (sci.econ)
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