Battle of the boat dollars; State vs Local

Silver Duck · 10-26-2006, 07:36 PM

If there are costs associated with being a lakefront community, there is also a whale of a lot of extra revenue generated by horrendous lakefront property taxes with little in the way of services being provided in return.

That said, I've always gone out of my way to see to it that Meredith gets their portion of my boat registration fee, because to my mind they go out of their way to provide extra services for the boating community.

I'll likely do so again this season.

It also strikes me that, if the income from boat registrations is important enough for the politicians to squabble over

, and, since we boaters can decide who gets the money

, it would be a way for us to express our appreciation to towns or organizations (i.e., the MP) that treat us well and lack of appreciation for those that don't.

Anybody interested in a discussion concerning who's been naughty and nice?

Silver Duck

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10-26-2006, 07:36 PM	#14
Silver Duck Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Billerica, MA Posts: 364 Thanks: 40 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	If there are costs associated with being a lakefront community, there is also a whale of a lot of extra revenue generated by horrendous lakefront property taxes with little in the way of services being provided in return. That said, I've always gone out of my way to see to it that Meredith gets their portion of my boat registration fee, because to my mind they go out of their way to provide extra services for the boating community. I'll likely do so again this season. It also strikes me that, if the income from boat registrations is important enough for the politicians to squabble over , and, since we boaters can decide who gets the money , it would be a way for us to express our appreciation to towns or organizations (i.e., the MP) that treat us well and lack of appreciation for those that don't. Anybody interested in a discussion concerning who's been naughty and nice? Silver Duck