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Originally Posted by Pineedles
Can Governor Lynch offer it? Or once again, will it demand a major rewrite of State law? In some ways I am kind of glad that it can't be offered capriciously, or at least without some real effort.
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No. Even though our Governor is the accepted "Head of State" he has very limited power other than that granted by our legislators. His main power is in the so called Bully Pulpit.
I agree with you that it is probably best that it is so difficult to allow tax breaks. Could you imagine the shenanigans that would go on in some of the communities of this State if some local officials were given the power to arbitrarily lower the taxes of certain property taxpayers?
As an example, look at the mess we currently have with tax assessments and the abatement process in a number of communities that have been discussed at length on this website alone!
Sometimes the solution may be more painful than the problem......
