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Originally Posted by Slava
I'm not posturing for anything. I just think that your great panacea of blaming every budgetary issue on the suburbs and sprawl is ridiculous. I'm quite interested in where you'll hang your hat once the $4500 per door is no longer there and we still face these budgetary issues.
You call it posturing as if its a black and white issue with one solution, whereas I can accept that's not the case.
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Yeah, the $4800 is about capital (particularly initial outlay), not operating (which is 95% what property taxes cover). The levy issue has much more to do with our large debt than our operating budget. But, it is fair to say that the design of subdivisions does lead to some operating inefficiency - especially more expensive services to provide like transit.