Members of the Town Council.
I was not able to attend the hearing tonight
so I thought I would
present my remarks to
you individually. Last fall Mr. Francis at a
Council meeting explained the consequences of
reevaluation. At that
time he indicated to
you that taxpayers whose assessment did not
increase over the
average of 78% would not pay increased taxes. That
was me. This week in
the Courant Mr. Francis indicated that the mill
rate would be 31.43, that means that I will
pay 15% more in real
estate taxes almost
$900 more than this year. Where will I find it? I
don't know. What has
happened since then? Did the big spenders "go
wild". Did they
think everyone has millions? Do we need miniature
golf or lighted
playing fields using more power creating green house
gasses.
At this season we remember the call of the patriots to the King of
representation in my
neighborhood. I hope Dr.Thornberry will tell the
folks about this
monstrous increase in taxes and work to remove the
burden. Looking at
the Council members addresses, I see that the
areas that are going
to have the greatest increases taxes have no
representatives. Who
will tell those taxpayers. Who will help them?
Don't all citizens have the right to know?
Some will pay 50% more,
maybe 100% more. It
is not fair to leave taxpayers in the dark till
they get tax bills in
June. As their representatives, you have to
tell your
constituents now! Will you tell them? Please tell me what are
you going to do!
Sincerely yours,
Theodore Madfis