I wasn't talking about the inital connections, those are on the
developers, but the ongoing costs such as[ schools, fire and police
protection, ambulance/ems, sewage treatment all cost the town more than
the tax revenue generated. That doesn't include upgrades that are often
required by law. Families with children are worse than retirees. When
the population of a Town reaches a certain level additional services are
required by State, and Federal mandate, and sometimes demanded by the
new residents as well.
On 1/10/2010 10:23 AM, frank theriault wrote:
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 10:23 AM, P. J. Alling
<[email protected]> wrote:
It's the money from the developers for their reelection campaigns that's the
only real benefit The economics of residential development, at least in
New England is that the services required by the developments cost more than
the new tax revenue generate so higher taxes for all eventually result.
I ~could~ be wrong, but I think that around here the developer must
pay for the new services to be installed in their development. Of
course, repairs and upgrades over the years are on the taxpayers', but
initial installation is part of the price of the development.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
cheers,
frank
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