Blame It on the Arlington County Board
This week’s coverage by the Arlington Connection of last Saturday’s budget and tax decisions by the County Board regarding the FY 2007 budget highlight several more facts that Arlington taxpayers should note. The first is that the County Manager proposed a budget in February that adhered to the Board’s guidance, which required a budget limited to 6.3% growth. Although we thought even that too high, the Board approved a budget with 9.2% growth. Seth Rosen, Connection reporter, noted it was the largest year-to-year increase since 1990.
The paper included this from ACTA’s president, Tim Wise: "There’s only so much that the average taxpayer can bear . . .At some point the additional taxes imposed by Arlington will break the back of the taxpayer." In fact, the editor superimposed a portion of that quote on the online picture for the print edition. Kudos to the Connection editor!