Letter: Increase is not so large (June 27, 2008)
Editor:
I’d like to clarify some math from Sue Walker’s June 20 letter [“Thanks for voting the wrong way,” page 20]. After the voters increased Kennebunk’s budget, Walker claimed that the mil rate is going up by $13.90. But according to an article in the same issue, $13.90 is the new mil rate, not the increase. I believe the increase is $1.05.
Walker was mortified to see the town spending $24,000 on the Shoreline Trolley. That’s about $2.40 for each resident of Kennebunk, or three cents of the mil rate. If you own a typical house in Kennebunk, the trolley is costing you the equivalent of a couple gallons of gas per year. I spend far more money on gasoline than property taxes, so I’m happy to see some of my tax dollars going to public transportation.
Jason Wise
Kennebunk
I’d like to clarify some math from Sue Walker’s June 20 letter [“Thanks for voting the wrong way,” page 20]. After the voters increased Kennebunk’s budget, Walker claimed that the mil rate is going up by $13.90. But according to an article in the same issue, $13.90 is the new mil rate, not the increase. I believe the increase is $1.05.
Walker was mortified to see the town spending $24,000 on the Shoreline Trolley. That’s about $2.40 for each resident of Kennebunk, or three cents of the mil rate. If you own a typical house in Kennebunk, the trolley is costing you the equivalent of a couple gallons of gas per year. I spend far more money on gasoline than property taxes, so I’m happy to see some of my tax dollars going to public transportation.
Jason Wise
Kennebunk
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