Uhl Calls Assessment "Freeze" A Farce

"A Band-Aid Over A Festering Wound"

Vincent Muscarella thinks that a FREEZE of the assessment would lower your property taxes. Or maybe that's just what Mr. Muscarella wants you to think.

Muscarella says FREEZE. Michael Uhl says, CUT COSTS, CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS, ELIMINATE OVERLAPPING SERVICES.

"A freeze does not lower the expense of operating government that has grown out of control," says Uhl, "whether that government rests at the County Seat, Town Hall, Sanitary Districts or School Districts. They all still have to make their bottom line."

Freeze the assessment, and the tax RATES go up to close the gap. It’s a non-starter. A Band-Aid on a festering wound, not a cure, or even an effective treatment.

"To propose a freeze as the answer to our property tax woes is nothing short of farce," concludes Uhl. "When homeowners are paying more for garbage collection than police protection, and we have more levels of local government than Iraq has insurgents, its not a freeze we need, but a strike at the very heart of the problem -- too much government, too little action."

Can anyone say, "special taxing districts?"