“Every time you see the word “smart”, hold onto your wallet....”
If you’re an uneducated peasant...this appears stupid...IOW don’t we ALREADY pay taxes for municipalities to do these basic civic functions?!! Otherwise WHY do we pay Taxes to start with?
If you thought that your municipal taxes were supposed to pay for "extras" like sewers, police, fire department, and schools, then you are not of the MySpace generation at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and you are not being "smart."
/sarc
Besides, Richmond is 10 miles from an estuary to the Atlantic Ocean... errrr... very bottommost couple miles of the Chesapeake Bay, thus the rainwater tax "stormwater fee" is both "smart" and "green."
/sarc again
Don't you feel better now?
The word “Smart” is for Stupid People. It makes them feel better about themselves and gives them a hollow sense of superiority.
And trust me, I know what I am talking about, because I am smart. And gosh darn it, people like me.