“…first-degree democracy.”
So for quite awhile the south county communities of Apollo Beach and Ruskin have made noises that they might want to incorporate as cities and keep and big slice of the lucrative property taxes that currently flow into the county. Predictably the county commission, with the exception of Kathy Castor, just hates the idea. Well now it looks like Ruskin might actually do it. With promises of lower taxes and better service the people of Ruskin are going to vote on it in November. It is somewhat ironic that the argument the pro-incorporation camp uses is that they feel they don’t get service commensurate with the amount of tax they pay to the county. This is the exact same argument that Commissioners Brian Blair and Ronda Storms use to justify their attempt to force HARTline to provide more service to the county. I guess their opinion was changed when the hand in the cookie jar belonged to them?
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January 23rd, 2006 at 9:54 pm
[...] editengine told us about a push to incorporate Ruskin into a city. The Tribune had a big story in Monday’s paper with comments from Ruskinites, and a sidebar with the highlights of Ruskin history (scroll down). [...]