The homeowner is under assault from school boards. Each year property taxes rise higher than the rate of inflation or household incomes. Boards go on spending binges then send the bill to the taxpayer. The authority to raise taxes does not quench their thirst for revenue. They devise ways to gouge even more from the citizen.
They can take your property using eminent domain. Eminent domain is the power given to governments to take private property and use it for a public purpose with compensation given to the owner. School boards can make the claim they want a land for expansion. They can take the property and virtually force the owner to accept payment terms.
More recently, the school boards found a way to raise individual property taxes by challenging the assessment. It is illegal to conduct what amounts to “spot assessments” but this does not seem to bother board members.
Now, a board wants to go even further and usurp municipal authority to designate land for use. The board wants to make that decision where to build not the supervisors. This violates Pennsylvania municipal law.
Power happy politicians bullying a community into submission is a disgrace. The taxpayer does not have the resources to counter the abuse.
This debacle can be stopped if people get involved and get informed.
Support your local taxpayer group, attend meetings, and elect fiscally responsible individuals to office.
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Hope you're listening Exeter School District.
Why not stop the building? Soon there will be no green in your district. Just wall to wall houses.
How sad.
By then you'll be charging the taxpayers for oxygen.
Wal to wall houses? Don't you mean wall to wall malls? All getting tax breaks on the backs of residential property owners.
Does Oley have a taxpayer group that holds meeting to publically address these meetings? I have heard of organizations in Exeter, Daniel Boone, and Brandywine. However, although we may have some common concerns, (passing of the sales tax plan #1275), their primary focus is on their respective school.
It is no secret that administrators run the show. The board rubber stamps whatever the bureaucrats want. Most board members are too lazy or uneducated to challenge a superintendent on spending for fear of being perceived as anti-education. Do away with boards and so many administrators and have a county wide system.
"Does Oley have a taxpayer group that holds meeting to publically address these meetings?"
OCC is different in that we communicate via e-mail. In special situations, we can have meetings.
The e-mail correspondence offers current information about issues that affect our taxes.
The blog lets people speak their mind about matters of interest to them. As you can see from the posts and responses, the interaction can be lively.
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