Letter: Seniors moving here benefit from past taxes
Friday, June 1, 2001 | 9:20 a.m.
Regarding Judi Root's May 27 letter, "Seniors shouldn't pay for schools": Many seniors who have resided in Las Vegas for over 25 years or more have also paid their dues for taxes for improved power, water, etc., and the seniors coming here to reside now -- whether on fixed incomes or not -- are certainly benefiting from it.
Anyone moving here for retirement should have figured all of these expenses before moving here. So many left places where taxes and cost of living is so much higher. I'm a 46-year-resident of Las Vegas and I'm really tired of so many of these seniors complaining. They should consider moving back to where they came from. Perhaps there are enough schools already and taxes are not an issue for them.
I, too, believe in fairness, so if I paid for power plants that she is benefiting from, why shouldn't she pay for schools for my grandchildren to benefit from?
JUDY EXBER
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