To the editor:

Although it has not come as a surprise to me, I read that my real estate taxes will increase about 13 percent due to a calculation “error.” If this increase is in fact made, my real estate taxes will have increased 70 percent since 2001. I can tell you that my wages have not. As a matter of fact, I am currently unemployed.

Now I have read parents, not taxpayers, were given the opportunity to complete a survey on the current Thornton Academy controversy.

A large percentage of our tax dollars are already spent on education, and my husband and I never had children. Because of the current economic climate, compromise and sacrifice must be made by all. Parents must understand taxpayers, some of whom are unemployed, simply cannot continue to issue a blank check to educate children.

If parents do insist on luxuries such as the drama club, transportation for after school activities and sports activities, perhaps they should dig into their own pockets to pay for them. My pocket has a hole in it.

Susan Kamuda

Arundel