Comments on: Commissioners weigh in on Gray-promoted State legislation http://newslanc.com/2009/12/15/commissioners-weigh-in-on-gray-promoted-state-legislation/ News, Comment and Culture for Lancaster County Wed, 23 May 2012 15:27:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://newslanc.com/2009/12/15/commissioners-weigh-in-on-gray-promoted-state-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-24647 Anonymous Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:14:33 +0000 http://newslanc.com/?p=11564#comment-24647 The State legislature should require that all government facilities (County, State, and Federal) located within the boundaries of any city in Pennsylvania be taxed by the city government at their full assessed real estate value. This would include the court house, the County office buildings, the prison, the Youth Intervention Center, and the convention center. For far too long, the government of Lancaster County has been using the infrastructure and resources of Lancaster City without paying for its fair share of the cost; this leaves City taxpayers stuck with subsidizing the rest of Lancaster County. The State legislature should require that all government facilities (County, State, and Federal) located within the boundaries of any city in Pennsylvania be taxed by the city government at their full assessed real estate value. This would include the court house, the County office buildings, the prison, the Youth Intervention Center, and the convention center.

For far too long, the government of Lancaster County has been using the infrastructure and resources of Lancaster City without paying for its fair share of the cost; this leaves City taxpayers stuck with subsidizing the rest of Lancaster County.

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