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To: Daffynition

We’ve got rural small towns here that are unincorporating, leaving police work to the county and fire protection to volunteer fire departments. Those with water and sewer systems are handing them over to private contractors who charge residents a fee. The populations had declined to the point that residents and businesses remaining could not shoulder the tax burden.

I have mixed emotions. The decline is sad. That they’re freeing themselves of a tax burden to an extent is good. Hard to believe this is going on in a state that’s gaining population fairly rapidly. But, that’s all urban and suburban with some coastal and mountain retirees. Rural areas are not doing too well.


28 posted on 06/06/2014 5:35:10 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

Fascinating story on your page.


32 posted on 06/06/2014 5:45:40 AM PDT by bill1952 (taxes don't hurt the rich, they keep YOU from becoming rich.)
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