Posted: August 2, 2010 - 12:08am
By RICH DE ANGELIS
Editor: The St. Augustine Record, Tuesday, June 29, story, "Spending paved way to crisis," claims the agenda of Karen Stern, Jim Bryant and Ben Adams may force a tax hike.
We, the taxpayers, have been paying for their tax, spend and growth for a long time. Our property taxes are going higher while our property values are sinking.
I can picture Cyndi Stevenson licking her chops in anticipation of these three returning to the County Commission with their development associates lined up behind, their bulldozers poised at our county once again. The county is having a rough time balancing the budget because of over-growth and bad decisions by the County Commission before 2007.
County Administrator Michael Wanchick states in The Record on Sunday, June 6, that revenues are down and as expenses go up this will put more burden on the property owners resulting in higher taxes and probably a hike in sales tax. Our representatives believe if you are buying or own a home, it is a bottomless pit for revenue. I know I have learned a great amount of knowledge from the past. Some are rewarding and others not so good.
Having Stern, Bryant and Adams return to the County Commission would be a disaster. I, as a registered Republican, will not vote for any one of the above candidates because of the legacy and decisions they have made in the past that we, the taxpayers, are going to be paying and taxed for a long time.
Let's stop these three so their past agenda will not cripple our county again. Please vote for those running against these candidates. Our future depends on your vote.
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