"True, but you're still causing our taxes to rise."
Not really. Looks more like your city planners are not up to their jobs. Taxes SHOULD be paid for equally. When new peeps move in, the property taxes THEY pay should cover costs. The few exceptions being for new schools and other MAJOR expendatures. Heck, even increased police / firemen labor costs should be covered by the "newcomers" property tax. Sounds like you need to keep a closer eye on local pork spending to me.
It only works that way in states having something like Prop 13 in California. We are working toward a Prop-13 here in Arizona, because rising property taxes due to influx is killing people here just like the people in Texas and Nevada, etc.