"Jack" wrote:

BTW, I just love those artificial municipal fees...
I was forced to pay $150 per year for snow
plowing fees in a community where it snowed
maybe once or twice a year and usually not
more than an inch at most! Most years they
never plowed a single road. My particular street
NEVER saw a snow plow in the 20 years my
family lived there.


On a side note, something similar could be said about related city or town
taxes. Many years ago, the city here started collecting taxes to subsidize
curb-side garbage pick-up. Those taxes were raised many times over the
years. A few years ago, the city decided to end that service, requiring
residents who want garbage pick-up to pay for it themselves. Of course, as
you can guess, the taxes supporting that were never stopped. We're still
paying those same taxes today, but the money is simply being used for
something else.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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