Kudos to you on illuminating the reason for the high property taxes on Long Island, of which everyone complains.
For years, I have been explaining this to whomever will listen. In fact, when addressing our school board, a couple of years back about their fiduciary responsibility to only ask the taxpayers for the funding necessary to run the district, one of the board members told me that the way to reduce my taxes was to grieve them.
When I explained that as long as the spending stays the same, the taxes have to remain the same, therefore, if his particular taxes are going down due to a successful grievance, then his neighbors’ taxes are increasing.
He seemed confused by this. Can you imagine not understanding the tax impact to the community of their decisions?
Kathy Darmstadt
Williston Park
You have to understand the intelligence level of the school boards: they’re too innumerate to understand the concept of “compounding.”
-You have too many districts.
-Your Superintendents aren’t worth half their salary and benefits.
-You have gym teachers who earn 80% of the remuneration of some Harvard professors.
-Your politicians, a collections of simpering weasels, don’t have the courage to address the issue.
Basically, you’re screwed.