09-28-2008, 04:16 AM
Funny. Low taxes, to the best of my knowledge, was rarely mentioned in the community input phase. There are records, of course, of all the public input.
I am not pretending to speak for everyone or anyone else or guess why they provide the input they do. The input the PCDP received was the input we working group participants worked with. Rather simple.
Actually property taxes were ultimately addressed in the PCDP. Because the property the tax rate on Ag land is higher than for residential land there is a recommendation to lower taxes for AG. That recommendation was made to support the community intent to keep Puna a rural and agricultural district.
It is nice to have theories and opinions and everyone is certainly equally entitled to them. What James and I are speaking to here however are some of the facts.
I am not pretending to speak for everyone or anyone else or guess why they provide the input they do. The input the PCDP received was the input we working group participants worked with. Rather simple.
Actually property taxes were ultimately addressed in the PCDP. Because the property the tax rate on Ag land is higher than for residential land there is a recommendation to lower taxes for AG. That recommendation was made to support the community intent to keep Puna a rural and agricultural district.
It is nice to have theories and opinions and everyone is certainly equally entitled to them. What James and I are speaking to here however are some of the facts.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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