alt.education

On Sep 17, 9:10 am, Don Homuth < > wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:09:16 -0700, lein
> wrote:
>
> >On Sep 2, 8:35 am, "Curt" wrote:
> >> "Don" wrote in message
>
> >>news:fbbs4702ju5@ ...
>
> >> > They've been doing this for more than a decade in SW FL and they call it
> >> an
> >> > *Impact Fee*.
> >> > It is an additional fee for new construction, claiming the new building
> >> will
> >> > have a significant *impact* on the community.
>
> >> New houses do.
>
> >Yes, they bump up government revenue from property taxes.
>
> Not nearly enough to pay the costs the new development incurs,
> however.
>
> One small example, among many, from today's Oregonian:
>
> /news/oregonian/ ?/base/news/1189999...
>
> Wealthy newcomers drive up sewer bills for all
> Growth - Add to the tension about who should pay for new
> infrastructure: Poorer folks would be charged more to flush
>
> Monday, September 17, 2007PETER ZUCKERMAN The Oregonian Staff
>
> Residents of northern Clackamas County can expect sewer bills to rise
> nearly 50 percent in the next year or two and much more later, mainly
> to subsidize people moving into some of the wealthiest and
> fastest-growing suburbs in Oregon.
>
> The sticker shock of expanding something so unglamorous as sewer
> capacity -- one of the most expensive investments local governments
> can make -- reveals something new amid the usual arguments about who
> should pay for Portland-area growth.
>
> The newcomers versus old-timers conflict now comes with the added
> tension of the haves versus have-nots....
>
> It's true for just about Every infrastructure-related public expense,
> including schools, roads, water and sewerage, etc.

Poor folks find HUD properties with as many paid utilities as possible.