New Taxes on the Way
The City Council quietly approved a new joint public agency with Lancaster County.
The JPA would have taxing authority, and would use the money to secure right-of-way for an east beltway and fund the Rural to Urban Transportation Streets program. The RUTS program would help the county build roads in a way that would make them easily converted to city road standards as the city grows to encompass them.
It’s good to see the city and county playing nicely together, but this is a little bothersome:
The prospect of increased taxes wasn’t enough to bring anybody out to the public hearing, however.
I can think of a lot of good reasons for that, but one possibility in particular jumps out at me: Did anybody even know this decision was about to be made? My plan for Lincolnite is to help fill those knowledge gaps. Until then, most Lincolnites will only find out about these decisions ex post facto.
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