Opinion

Vote no on exceeding the tax cap

To the Editor,

Vote “no” on Tuesday, May 16. Sorely pressed senior taxpayers can barely afford our current exorbitant taxes as it is. This isn’t the moment to set a bad precedent.

The Trump tax proposal would end the deductibility of property taxes, something the Mamaroneck school board could not have foreseen when they proposed to exceed. Additionally, once the cap is exceeded, anyone who would have received a rebate check from the state under the property tax freeze will forfeit that.

A “no” vote will send the budget back to the school board for re-jiggering to stay under the tax cap and spare us these increased burdens.

Jeff Wanshel,

Larchmont