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All three of the candidates for Mayor looked to have ducked the property tax question in their last public meeting. Its the question on many people's mind and I know that there are many people who are basing their decision solely on that answer.
The funny thing is, in this case, I agree with all three of their answers:
- Smith says that people don't trust the council.
- Walters says that steady debt needs a revenue source attached.
- Griswold says that the old timey 1940's model doesn't work.
All three answers sound all fine and good, but none of them answer the question. Two years ago, we were told that there would be major cuts if we didn't have a property tax. We voted it down. What happened?
We have debt backed up and refinanced so poorly, that we are going to be stuck paying it for a long time... and now the council wants to issue secondary property tax to cover that bad debt. Where do they stand on that?
I know that people don't want to hear the answers, but one of these candidates need to step up and tell it like it is.
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I saw Smith speak at an event last week and he said that he would support a secondary tax because it had a sunset feature and would go away when paid off. He said as long as the voters don't trust the council, they will never pass a tax and therefore it's a moot point. His goal was to restore that trust. I haven't seen the others so I can't comment on it.
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