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Development cliches
THERE ARE TWO OR THREE well-worn cliches that are trotted out around here everytime somebody starts talking about development, whether pro or con.
One of them would have us believe that the more development there is, the more people that are brought in, the easier the tax and services burden is going to be. “Broadening the base” is the way it is usually stated, and it’s one of the most misleading of all the development cliches.
Without dredging up agaiji the dreary and extensive documentation, we need only look at the report submitted just this week on Fairfax County’s public sewage fees. Surely there is a place where they’ve “broadened the base” to fantastic limits, and not only have real estate taxes skyrocketed, now there is a prospect of a 30 per cent rise during the next two years in sewerage fees. That doesn’t sound like easing the burden to us.
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