Cannot Afford Tax Increase
I wonder why there is no mention of the 10 percent property tax to update the local schools. I am an unemployed RN.
I live on Mere Point Road in one room with a kitchenette. I pay $460 a month for it. I receive a monthly social security check for $957.
People like myself cannot afford to fix-up schools for children. We cannot afford rent increases due to increased property taxes.
I, for one, am coming to say my two-cents worth at the Jan. 17, town hall meeting on the corner of Union and Station. I oppose a 10 percent property tax increase.
Three-point-five percent is more in the range I would vote in favor of.
Christian Derbyshire,
Brunswick
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