Community Preservation Act
Nov. 9th, 2005 11:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancerjodiIt passed by 9 votes in Waltham: http://www.dailynewstribune.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=64938
Thoughts? Does your city have something like this in place (I'm curious what people's experiences have been). Its seemed to have worked well in nearby Newton since it was passed a few years ago.
Given Waltham's obscenely low tax rate, I figured that a 2% increase wouldn't kill me. Low income and Senior residents are exempt from it, and $ is matched by the state. Given the (imo) overdevelopment happening in some parts of the city and the plethora of property coming up for potential public use (old schools, closing hospitals) I think that community development is going to be especially important.
I'm curious if this passed in Watertown (my browser keeps crashing each time I try and get anywhere on the News Tribune site), also.
Thoughts? Does your city have something like this in place (I'm curious what people's experiences have been). Its seemed to have worked well in nearby Newton since it was passed a few years ago.
Given Waltham's obscenely low tax rate, I figured that a 2% increase wouldn't kill me. Low income and Senior residents are exempt from it, and $ is matched by the state. Given the (imo) overdevelopment happening in some parts of the city and the plethora of property coming up for potential public use (old schools, closing hospitals) I think that community development is going to be especially important.
I'm curious if this passed in Watertown (my browser keeps crashing each time I try and get anywhere on the News Tribune site), also.
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Re: CPA
Date: 2005-11-09 04:39 pm (UTC)I shall have to check out this watchcdc you speak of....
Plus I didn't think it was going to pass in Watertwon, the Tab these past weeks had a lot of people against it.
It is passing up free money. But that money came at a price.