Why low taxes = low home values

Started by JaxScriblerians, August 14, 2013, 05:31:13 AM

JaxScriblerians

My ideas are so brilliant, you should have to pay to read my letters.  This one is about taxes. Taxes go toward making a city a more civilized place.  Higher taxes are associated with more desirable places to live.  And the more desirable the place to live, the more expensive its homes become.  That's not fair to renters like me.

Tomorrow morning (Thursday), the City Council's Finance Committee meets.  They will be voting on whether to fund such city services as the Balis Community Center in San Marco and six libraries spread around the city (Maxville, Brentwood, San Marco, Willowbranch, University Park, and Beaches). . . .

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