Re: Best response to landowner tax complaints?


"Ron Peterson" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> sinister wrote:
>> 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?
>
> Population density might be the problem causing greater expenses for
> government services. See:
> http://www.npg.org/forum_series/optimal_city_size.htm

No, in this case (Montgomery County, Maryland, part of greater DC metro
area) it's because of the housing bubble.

Whether all the money is well spent is a separate issue.

> --
> Ron
>


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