My school district real estate taxes have been raised a smidge over 6.5% over last year’s; this isn’t by any fudgy pseudo-computations (figures lie, liars figure), but by real-world numbers, what I paid last year vs. what I was billed this year. No matter how you slice it, that’s a whole lot, and my property tax is actually approaching the taxes charged to York City residents (where taxes are higher, home prices are lower).

I admit we’re not alone; a neighboring township wants to stop one tiny little development (compared to some in York Township, including one within a stone’s throw of my house, this under-400-unit development is small), using a website put together by people who think it’s cool to have a Hotmail address and play unlicensed music from someone else’s website using someone else’s bandwidth. But at least they’re doing something, and besides, I digress…

There’s an old article at YorkBlog that suggests a possible solution to the problem. Frankly, I generally ignore the local papers preferring real news to the amateurish local variety, but in this case they almost have a point. They just don’t take it far enough…but then, as part of the establishment, you wouldn’t expect them to.
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