"Grant Foster" <[email protected]> sez: > And if anyone seriously proposes a bicycle wheel tax, I'm going to push > for a shoe tax to accompany it. I'm tired of all those freeloading > pedestrians not paying for their sidewalks...
I know this was brought up in jest, but actually, I'm tired of the cost of the public infrastructure of sidewalks being assessed against the homeowners who happen to be adjacent to this piece of the public right-of-way. The cost should be assessed proportionally across all property taxpayers* whether they have sidewalks or not. We could use more sidewalks to make a more walkable city, and one of the primary causes for homeowner opposition to new sidewalks is that the cost is imposed directly on the homeowner even though they are available for all to use. (As a matter of fairness, one can make a good case for an exemption for homeowners who have already been assessed for sidewalks under the current system to avoid double taxation.) _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
