Editor:
I want to know why we taxpaying citizens of this community are being put into an either/or position on the upcoming pool tax levy.
Who doesn’t want a community pool? But at what cost?
I have seen no itemized budget whatsoever.
When and where was the public hearing to discuss and itemized pool budget and the public discussions of other options or ways to lower costs to ease the property tax burden, yet have a pool?
Should the levy pass, what happens after the two years are up?
Please assure me this is not the open door to forever more.
Does it really cost almost a quarter of a million dollars to operate a pool for two years?
What if we could have a community pool for only 10 cents-per-thousand property tax?
Seeing an itemized budget would be nice.
In my opinion, tax-paying citizens deserve to be informed on just where and how their tax dollars are being spent, before voting yea or nay.
Barbara Story
Sweet Home