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Thursday, December 1, 2011
I want to share some information with Lewiston voters before they vote.
I am not suggesting who to vote for; that is up to individual voters. I would like to remind people that Mark Paradis, as a city councilor, promoted and supported the rain fee that was forced on all homeowners (except those exempted) in this city.
It started out at $10 per quarter and went up to $11 per quarter, and I don't think it will end soon.
That has influenced my vote.
William A. Ferentz, Lewiston
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"Rain Fee"
Yes the rain fee is a tax my another name -- but the intent was to get the many many places in Lewiston that pay no property taxes , like the hospitals, the colleges etc. to pay something to the running of the city . This fee is collected from them also and this helps keep the property taxes down for us who do pay. Maybe the city could tell everyone how much is collected now that was not collected before from
the hospitals, colleges Etc. and if it realy has helped keep the property taxes down.
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A tax by any other name is still a tax. The only thing they didn't tell us about the "rain fee" is that it was "for the chillldren".
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But I bet if you try to remove it, they will claim you are against and hate our children....somehow.
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Absolutely...you are a man of vision.
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