[FWB]

it is the same story from town to town across the country, the taxes force viable businesses out of town and after a few years the only residents left living there are too poor to move out and preso-chango you have a new ghetto. property values plummet,
crime soars. trouble is local governments don't seem to be accountable for the destruction of their own neighborhoods.
one example as i am sure there are many, is my mother-in-law lives in a row home in town. its footprint is 20x20 feet no yard, 20x20 is the property. she pays twice the taxes i do and i have 2 acres, stone home and a commercial building. we live 15 minutes away in the same county. fair? no.......stupid, yes.......difference is business has ran fast from her city.......but business' are treated fairly and have the same tax base as a residence where i am.....plain as day to me, the solution is quite simple. cut the taxes and lower budget. imagine that, living within your means.
as so concludes my rant..

fred