I just got my proposed property tax statement for 2002. I was quite
surprised to see that they were reduced only about 12%, because I was
expecting them to be about 25% less. Now I am wondering if the tax cut only
applied to the amount that the school tax portion was to be reduced? Or
possibly only the amount over $76,000 (I think that is the base number) was
to be reduced by 25%? Or, if 25% is indeed the right number?

If this is all that my taxes are going to be reduced, I wish that the state
had just kept the money, as I feel certain that this tax cut will be
short-lived in light of both the state's projected shortfall, as well as
the school system's never-ending appetite for more money. Not to mention
that, for the next 20 years, half of the savings that I do see will be
eaten up by the special assessment tax for the ornamental lights in
Prospect Park.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what the average tax cut percentage was
supposed to be, and how it was to be applied?

Nancy Alcorn
Prospect Park



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