South Down Rules

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by Weirs guy

Thanks Skip and jetskier, it looks like SDS owes me some back taxes for the freebie patrols.

How do you figure? Every property owner in SDS pays property taxes. In fact, SDS as a group is Laconia's primary tax income stream. I think that police and fire services are part of what your property taxes are supposed to cover.

[Pepper]

Originally Posted by brk-lnt

... In fact, SDS as a group is Laconia's primary tax income stream. ...

Certainly not trying to be argumentative, but where did you get the information upon which to base this statement?

[Weirs guy]

brk-lnt, your 100% correct, it was meant as a joke. But I do want to 2nd Peppers question, where did you get your info from? How do you feel about the fact that your property taxes are also supposed to cover road maint?

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by Weirs guy

brk-lnt, your 100% correct, it was meant as a joke. But I do want to 2nd Peppers question, where did you get your info from? How do you feel about the fact that your property taxes are also supposed to cover road maint?

I got the info from an SDS board meeting about a year ago.

Yeah, I know... consider the source.

I have no issue with the property tax thing for the most part because I knew what I was getting into when I bought there.

[jetskier]

Originally Posted by brk-lnt

I got the info from an SDS board meeting about a year ago.

Yeah, I know... consider the source.

I have no issue with the property tax thing for the most part because I knew what I was getting into when I bought there.

That is commonly bantered about within SDS. All things being equal, SDS is a huge tax contributer. My back of the envelope is that we contribute over $2M in taxes a year to Laconia. The services are pretty pitiful - there are very few children from SDS in the school system, we pay fees for the roads, and garbage is privately paid for. But I am delighted to see that we have police looking out for any speeding golf carts.

Jetskier

[Weirs guy]

Originally Posted by jetskier

But I am delighted to see that we have police looking out for any speeding golf carts.

Great point!

I'm lucky enough to have 2 kids in school, use the city garbage collection and expect to be plowed out (the police can stay in SDS ). On the 1 hand I'm glad that I use these services while the vast majority of the houses around me use either none of them or very little, but on the other hand I agree with brk-lnt's point that you should be OK with it before you buy. If it makes you all feel better I'll throw away a little extra trash for you all this week.

[jetskier]

Originally Posted by Weirs guy

Great point!

If it makes you all feel better I'll throw away a little extra trash for you all this week.

I would appreciate that.

Jetskier