Category — Newton

This convoluted reasoning supporting Prop 2 ½ overrides is like getting brain freeze after eating a really cold desert too quickly:

“No one likes to pay taxes,” said Jayne Adelman of Lexington. “[My husband] and I struggle each year to figure out how to pay our tax bill. I sometimes think of moving out of Lexington to a community where the taxes might be lower. If I stand on a corner with these people, it is not because I am a mom for more taxes….

Just admit it—you’re for higher taxes because your neighbors are subsidizing your kid’s “private” school education. Moving out of Lexington for lower property taxes can wait until your kid(s) graduate from high school.

More from this “override” mom:

…I would carry a sign because I believe that we as human beings have an obligation to take care of one another and to provide basic human and social services for one another.”

Lexington can’t provide “basic” educational services without an override? I’d like to see Mrs. Adelman make that case. But besides knowing the schools will open tomorrow, aren’t we all a little numb to these Chicken Littles? You can only tell people life will cease as we know it without more taxes a couple of times before the sheep get wise to the fact they’re being fleeced.

However, there are always exceptions that prove the rule. For example, Newton taxpayerssheep are still considering funding the Taj Mahal of high schools. Its “projected” (read not done growing yet) budget is $186 million. Basic educational services indeed!