Back to High Taxes

Again, Rome's School Board wants to spend more than it can afford. I guess since they screwed up so bad two years ago and had to actually balance their budget last year, they figure they can give the district a little treat. I only hope the state budget comes in by April again, so they get hit with cold reality. There's no way they're making up a $3.3 million deficit with state aid.

The current plan is for a 4% increase in property taxes, added to last year's 4% and the 10% the year before that. Of course, property taxes are based on the idiotic system of dollars per assessed value. Current Rome rates are $26 per $1000 of assessed value. At this rate, that will double before the end of the decade.