Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 | 9:09 a.m.
I see we are concerned about large numbers of students in the middle schools. If property taxes were set at an adequate rate to pay for schools, we could perhaps have sufficient money to build them.
Instead, we choose a "take the money and run" approach to the recent real estate boom. Even though people have seen more than a 100 percent increase in the worth of their house, they don't see any need to pay for the services necessary to guard their home. With the reverse mortgage available for the older population, even many of those with fixed incomes could find a way to pay their tax bill.
By continuing to not pay for the higher cost of services and those who provide them, we will continue to decline as a society.
Ron Anderson Las Vegas
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