Letter: Yarmouth renters have a conflict of interest

Yarmouth employees do not serve on the Town Council, but those who don’t pay real estate taxes should not be allowed to vote on bond issues. They receive a free education for their children and all sorts of benefits, but don’t contribute to the system.

Think about it: these people should pay a school tax to make the system fair.  There are about two renters for every real estate taxpayer in Yarmouth.

Non-real estate taxpayers have a conflict of interest since they receive benefits without paying anything but new clothes for their kids at school time. Even the bus ride is free …

John D. Maxim

Yarmouth