Wilson Boro just announced a plan to raise the real estate tax by a 1/3. Wilson Boro should be grateful that this tax is not based off how much the bank appraises the house at vs. how much the county does.
Where did this go wrong? How does this happen? Is this because of the sewage money running out this year? Did they spend it in their general fund and now have no way to offset this? Why do they not publish their budget online like many local governments do? It is probably due to the fact that their website has a tremendous amount of misspellings on it.
Is your local government next? It is a trickledown effect, is it not? The federal government goes down, state government follows and now finally our local government. Where do the cuts get made, and what led to the cuts in the first place? Fiscal conservation should not be just for a republican to take claim to, but rather a thought that exists on both sides of the aisle. Democrats create programs that cost more money, but are those programs always needed.
Politicians need to stop being so short sighted and start thinking long term. Too many times are the people the ones sharing the burden for these mistakes. Think about this, we send people to office to govern our lives, but those people have the ability to take more money out of our bank account and put it in theirs because they did not know how to spend it. When you get low in your bank account, you don't have anyone to turn to, but those credit cards. It's a damn shame. The flipside is that these politicians can vote on their own raises. Not to say that all are guilty of doing this in a profitable manner, but look no further than California to see what happened there.
When does this stop? How does this stop? There are no repercussions for these politicians when they decide to make these decisions. They are in there far too long and the only choice is to vote them out. Well, most terms are four to six years in most office positions, exception being to the US Representative. If we the people do not figure this out soon, Wilson Boro will not be an isolated case. Maybe we as a people need to be more demanding in some areas, and less demanding in other areas. We can't have everything we want and share no cost in the matter. If you like the idea of a pool in your community, somebody has to pay for it. It is no different than the saying that one must live within their means. Wilson Boro can't compete with the municipalities of Forks, Bethlehem, Palmer and Williams Township. Utilize the county website to pull the information and compare what those places budget and compare it with that of Wilson Boro. I can't comprehend the cost of the budget with the other municipalities. Forks Township publishes theirs online, so everyone can see how large of an area Forks Township is and the budget that they operate off of. I just don't think 3.8 million dollars is what Wilson Boro needs.
No business, no growth and no hope in the future for those who live there. You may dream of the Dixie condos, but you better live till 2030 until you can dream of seeing them.
