LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Support the Senior Property Tax Reduction
Resident Dan De Pompei says the work done on Question 2 should be good enough for the town.
Next Tuesday, December 4, we will be offered the opportunity to support or reject legislation designed to help keep seniors in Sudbury. This legislation has been carefully crafted and socialized to better enable our senior taxpayers to stay in their current residence, maintain a diversity of age among our residents and to aid in the management of Sudbury’s budget. The former two goals are important to Sudbury’s character and relatively easy to understand. How this legislation will aid the management of Sudbury’s budget probably deserves additional discussion. The Budget Review Task Force Final Report of August 2009 validated “Sudbury has a low percentage of taxpayers who do not have school-age children. Education is expensive and is …
Sid Bourne
3:48 pm on Friday, November 30, 2012
Dan: On this issue we disagree. This bill is not revenue neutral as advertized. Yes, the uncollected senior taxes would be transfered to others, but the burried collection and administrative costs, which will be significant, will come out of town coffers. Seniors in Sudbury already can defer property taxes through a town propgram. I'm for less government interference, keeping the taxation process… more ›