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Originally Posted by bilproject
Yes no waterfront improvements this year. The Select Board is however continuing to talk about improvements that might take place in 2021. It would seem that island and waterfront property owners that are non residents continue to provide the funds for over the top amenities little used by them. Meredith has taken advantage of these property owners for years because they can not vote on what their tax dollars are spent on. The MIA will continue to ask that we get our fair share of our tax dollars spent on the facilities we depend on to access our property. It is not a question of what we pay in taxes but what we get in return. We also are investigating our legal options to force the town to provide adequate and safe facilities. We went all last summer season without fire protection provided by Meredith because they said they did not have the funds to repower the fire boat. However, they found 30K that was not budgeted to replace the police boat which is primarily used by the tax assessor to visit island properties. Wonder where their priorities lie?
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They don't care because town officials answer to and ultimately have their jobs by appeasing the voters.
What also is interesting is all the large projects are funded through issuing bonds the town then has to pay interest on not back to the town but to the bond holders, so really a 4 million dollar expansion of the library or a 7 million dollar DPW building really equates to probably 2 to 3 times that figure after interest. A concept most voters are ignorant of.