Hi All,
There was an report yesterday morning on
NPR regarding the islands off of the coast of Maine and in Casco Bay that have seceded
from the towns on the mainland and how happy the residents were with the lower
taxes and “taking care of their own.” These, however
generally have full time residents taking care of all duties of being a “town.”
I don’t know if we want to go this route or not, or perhaps do as you
suggest, Ed, and look into another affiliation. I’m sure that if we
wanted to become our own town that we could get some interesting advice from
the folks on these islands.
As I said last year, I’m certainly
willing to foot more than my share of the bill to do the legal research to find
out how we would proceed with any/all options.
Thanks,
Steve
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I think there are many good reasons to
become part of Swanton or St Albans rather
than a territory possession of North Hero. The most important one being
that of the three, only North Hero is a "Gold Town"
with high property taxes. I am sure that Swanton or St
Albans would be delighted to add so much value to their tax
base. And we are certainly a low/no maintenance area from the town's
standpoint - no school children to educate, no roads to maintain, no police or
sheriff coverage to speak of and some can't even get insurance because of the
lack of fire protection.
About the only thing we would lose, I
think, is the ability to park at the town hall and that would not really be a
problem.
Anyone have any ideas as to how to start
this change?
