Not Going To Take It Anymore

To the Editor:

After reading the front page of The Newtown Bee and seeing a quote about “such a minimal tax saving,” well guess what –– people on Social Security got slightly more than a one percent increase in their benefits for 2003 which the town wants to gobble up with the bottomless pit called the school budget. Then I read where the Parks & Rec wants to consider a skate park. Might I suggest, that the parents of the skateboarders have a fundraiser to build this, rather than taking it out of the taxpayers pockets, and who’s going to be stuck with the liability insurance –– the taxpayers?

Let “NT-1” drive the streets in southern Newtown and see the deplorable condition that they are in –– then again, it might get swallowed up in one of the giant potholes –– drive on Blue Spruce, Bayberry, Lantern, Pastors Walk and I can guarantee it will loosen the fillings in your teeth –– that’s where some of the taxpayers bucks should be going –– fixing the roads in front of the houses where people are paying the taxes.

Maybe this year, the seniors might just start turning down the budget like Monroe did last year and send a message to the people running Newtown “that we’re not going to take it anymore.”

Sincerely,

Arthur W. Hechler

2 Bayberry Drive, Newtown                                      March 17, 2003