03-22-2006, 10:36 AM
The beauty of all this, from the standpoint of the politicians and County bureaucrats, is that they had to IMPOSE nothing. All they had to do was sit back and let speculative property values to the job for them. They can technically say that they did not raise taxes, while realizing the windfall. The question for me at this point is two-fold. First, will the people not demand relief and let the County get away with this? Second, if the County does get to keep all the money, will those of us in "substandard" subdivisions see any real improvement in services and infrastructure? Excuse me for being so cynical, but I have watched these jokers for a long time. And, yes, I do vote and send letters to my elected representatives at all levels of government.