I read, with interest, the Kent Reporter article (“City mulls property tax levy to pay for parks, streets’, July 29).
May I ask: “Why are homeowners and businesses being considered to fund this? Does not everyone, including apartment dwellers and others, use these also?
Does the City Council think that, just because we own homes, we are some kind of “City savings account?”
Does the City Council forget that we work, and make ends meet daily, just like everyone else?
As a homeowner, I already pay 33-percent tax to the Kent School district, where I have no children attending.
Perhaps some of the approximately $1,200 paid could be funneled to this project?
It’s ridiculous to just think that a homeowner (many who are losing homes at this time) would be a first-thought source of revenue.
I ask that the City Council rethink this proposition and come up with a variety of ideas. And for heaven’s sake, get a citizen committee involved. People have great ideas and could help come up with a workable solution.
– Mary LaFond
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