I heard a rumor that a new council member wants to have a town primary property tax. It’s amazing the first thing this new member wants to do is create a new tax to burden our citizens and business owners with, of course what follows is spending the money and putting our town in debt.

We elect new people with the hope that they will come up with new ideas to help the town grow, also make it business friendly. Not chase them away with new and higher taxes.

Scottsdale’s sales tax is 7.95 percent. Our sales tax is 8.9 percent. The Pavilions is spending $88 million for a face lift to attract new business. Their tax is 4.895 percent. Mesa, a huge city, has no property tax. Why do we need one?

The tax-and-spend people will tell you this is a stable way of guaranteeing a steady income. What they will not tell you that once it is approved, we the taxpayers will never have a vote or say again about the tax; the council can raise the tax 2 percent a year every year if they want forever.

We have heard all the stories about this tax and we voted it down three times. Last time by almost a two-thirds vote against it. What part of the word “no” do you not understand?

Construction and retail sales have started up again, as this recession comes to an end. There is no need for this tax. We have already approved over $10 million in school bonds and $8 million for road repair. Our property tax will go up as (assessed) valuations increase. Add to that the new high water bills we are paying. Why would anyone in our town vote for this tax?

Never fails to amaze me politicians find it easy to spend other people’s money.