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Originally Posted by KonaChick
As I understand it, lakefront property owners who do not live there full time have no voting privileges. I think if that ever changes you'd see a dramatic change in spending because ridiculous things like $30,000 air conditioned dog cages would be voted down.
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...but i would think that permanent residents would also object to a $30K airconditioned dog cage. I don't see a correlation between the seasonal residents and common sense that your message implies??? Some of the permanent residents of these lakefront towns are struggling to get by - why in the world would they approve this expenditure?
In my neighborhood there are plenty of lakefront residents that have changed to year-round living so they can vote. They also bring with them the "flat-lander politics" that others were objecting to in another thread. That's the law of unintended consequences at work... if the towns continue to hose the non-resident tax payer, then many of them may very well change their living/residence status and begin imposing the rest of their politics while they are voting on budgets...
ps ..in CT property owners (who pay taxes) can vote on the town budget. Doesn't that make sense?