Vote NO For All Special Assessments

The GLA is owed over $150,000.00 in unpaid assessments, penalties and interest. As of May 2011 an astounding 11% of the landowners were not paying their taxes. Some had not paid in over 20 years and many landowners owed thousands of dollars to the GLA. Now the GLA wants you to pay more taxes while they debate about how to deal with delinquent landowners. Contact your representative today and tell them "No more tax increases until the GLA collects the money owed to it".

The community wide special assessment request of $30.00 per lot and $30.00 per dwelling is estimated to raise $18,322.00. It is not clear if the GLA is deducting the 11% of landowners that currently are NOT paying their yearly assessments. More troubling is that the small amount of money this assessment does raise, if it passes, will mostly go towards legal bills rather than act as a reserve fund for road maintenance and snow plowing. The current cost of the multitude of lawsuits filed against the GLA and eight board members is approaching $10,000.00. Over the next several months legal costs could easily consume tens of thousands of dollars more that would have gone towards road maintenance.

High South is faced with a special assessment of $90.00 per lot and $90.00 per dwelling. That is only expected to bring in $8,910.00. Passage is doubtful because there are only 30 dwellings in High South on 67 parcels. If individuals act in their own best interest there will be no reason for a majority of landowners to give the GLA more money to provide a service, snow plowing, that they do not need. Furthermore, the entire amount could easily be consumed by ongoing legal expenses over the next several months.

Recently a one mile section of Sagittarius Skyway in High South was brought up to GLA standards by a private landowner. The estimated cost was $150,000.00 to $200,000.00. Snow plowing costs on just that one mile section are expected to cost the philanthropic private landowner over $15,000.00 per year. High South receives 50% more precipitation than other areas of Glastonbury and the roads require substantially more plowing and maintenance than the rest of Glastonbury. Many of the roads were never properly developed and need to be brought up to current GLA standards. It could cost millions of dollars to bring all High South roads up to GLA standards and maintain them properly. A mere $8,910.00 is but a drop in the ocean. Yearly assessments will have to be doubled or even tripled for all Glastonbury landowners if the GLA is to properly maintain all Glastonbury roads.

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