All of the lawn posters that cry for residents to “Save Our Town” seem to indicate that if the tax is not passed, Fountain Hills will disappear. This statement sounds as sill as the posters do.

The biggest argument I have heard for the tax is that it will increase property values when the streets are repaired. That may be so. However, will that increase the number of potential buyers?

Being a real estate broker, I know that when looking for a residence people do ask about costs to live in a community, especially taxes. Does double taxation sound like a reason to move into Fountain Hills?

Should the tax be approved, will the full-time residents have a say in how it is spent, or just the council at that time?

Past and present councils have been trying continuously to make Fountain Hills a “playful” community by bringing events into the town. Do these events really bring in revenue to the town or only to the Chamber and event planners? Or do the large vans, trucks and trailers that set up these events just help to deteriorate the streets?

Do the people attending these events really grocery shop, get their hair and nails done, visit a title company, etc.? Perhaps the restaurants get some benefit, and good for them. What benefit does the full-time resident, property owner who shops year-round get?

So, let’s be even more “playful,” tear up the streets more and ask the full-time, retired, aged folks to pay for repairs that are at least in part the result of heavy equipment brought in so we can be designated “playful.”