No More Tax-Exempt Living in Gilford!
To all the letter writers that have missed the point on the petition to stop the sale of the Potter Hill Road property:
It's NOT about being against the seniors!
Heck, how many live in my neighborhood?
It's about a town facilitating a group of people that will live property tax free within a system of government funded by those same taxes-- and that's NOT FAIR!!!!!
Don't forget, for every citizen granted this special right, the rest of us have to take up the slack.
And here's the other problem: These people that don't pay property taxes like the rest of us will still get the right to vote on spending matters before the town. As I said here on this blog a while back, this seems to be a way for Gilford's big spenders to do an end-run around SB2. Why would people that don't pay taxes ever feel the need to say NO?
Enough is enough.
Are we to the point now here in Gilford that, if we follow the recent logic put forth by one of our Selectmen, we consider family homes somehow bad, and group-type communal homes GOOD? I don't think so. If I want that, I'll move to Red China or the Former Soviet Union.
Additionally, I don't feel in any way "obligated" to help people create systems by which certain classes of Gilford residents will benefit at the expense of others.
The only way I could ever accept more of these developments here in our town is if those that live in them are NOT allowed to vote on town and school matters. And since that can't happen, then the next best thing is to simply prevent them from creating any more tax havens.
In this case, where the town owns the land, it seems as though it can be stopped. Please join me in signing Terry's petition.
NO TAXPAYER-FUNDED TAX-FREE LIVING IN GILFORD. NO WAY!!!!
